запобіжник

From запобі́жний (zapobížnyj, “preventative”) +‎ -ник (-nyk), from запобігати (zapobihaty, “to prevent”), from бі́гти (bíhty).

• IPA^(key): [zɐpoˈbʲiʒnek]

запобі́жник • (zapobížnyk) m inan (genitive запобі́жника, nominative plural запобі́жники, genitive plural запобі́жників)

1. arrester, cut-out, inhibitor, preventer, safeguard (a device that stops or prevents)
2. (electricity) fuse

   плавкий запобіжник

   plavkyj zapobižnyk

   safety fuse

   запобіжник-вимикач

   zapobižnyk-vymykač

   fuse cutout, circuit-breaker

3. (firearms) safety catch, safety
4. (technology) pawl

   Synonym: соба́чка f (sobáčka)

• “запобіжник”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “запобіжник”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 268
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2014), “запобіжник”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 5 (з – зв'я́нути), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 432
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “запобіжник”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “запобіжник”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “запобіжник”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “запобіжник”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)