селітра

• салі́тра (salítra) — 1928–1933 spelling

Inherited from Old Ruthenian селитра (selitra) (since 1565, whence also Middle Russian селитра (selitra) and Russian селитра (selitra)), from earlier салитра (salitra) (att. in 1517 in Skaryna's Proverbs). Further origin unclear but akin to Middle Polish saletra (whence Old Ruthenian салетра (saletra) and Belarusian салетра (saljetra)), Old Polish sanletra, Old Czech salnitr, sanitr, sanytr, Bavarian Salitter, Middle High German saliter, salniter, Serbo-Croatian са̀литра, Spanish salitre, Catalan salnitre, Latin sal nitrum (which is from sal and nitrum, see there for further etymology).

• IPA^(key): [seˈlʲitrɐ]

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• Hyphenation: се‧лі‧тра

селі́тра • (selítra) f inan (genitive селі́три, uncountable)

1. (chemistry) saltpetre (potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “селітра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “селітра”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “селітра”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “селітра”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “селітра”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)