цель

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɛlʲ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish cel (“aim, goal”), in turn from Middle High German zil.

Noun

цель • (celʹ) f inan (genitive це́ли, nominative plural це́ли, genitive plural це́лей)

  1. goal, target, aim, end, object
    не попада́ть/попа́сть в цель ― ne popadátʹ/popástʹ v celʹ ― to miss (one's aim)
  2. purpose
  3. destination (of traveller)
  4. chain
Declension
Declension of цель (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative це́ль
célʹ		 це́ли
céli
genitive це́ли
céli		 це́лей
célej
dative це́ли
céli		 це́лям
céljam
accusative це́ль
célʹ		 це́ли
céli
instrumental це́лью
célʹju		 це́лями
céljami
prepositional це́ли
céli		 це́лях
céljax

Etymology 2

Verb

цель • (celʹ)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)
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