Russian

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Etymology

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Uncertain, first attested from 1771, likely from Ottoman Turkish چالمق (çalmak, to warp) or a Turkic cognate of it. The noun чал (čal, rope) is rare and possibly deverbal. There is also ча́лка (čálka, rope).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ча́лить (čálitʹimpf

  1. (dated) to bind, to moor

Conjugation

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References

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  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 173