лифт

See also: ліфт

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ليفت
Cyrillic	лифт
Latin	lift

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лифт (lift), from British English lift.

Noun

лифт • (lift)

1. elevator, lift

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lift]

Noun

лифт • (lift) m

1. elevator, lift

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
indefinite	лифт (lift)	лифтови (liftovi)
definite unspecified	лифтот (liftot)	лифтовите (liftovite)
definite proximal	лифтов (liftov)	лифтовиве (liftovive)
definite distal	лифтон (lifton)	лифтовине (liftovine)
vocative	лифту (liftu)	лифтови (liftovi)
count form	—	лифта (lifta)

Mongolian

Etymology

From Russian лифт (lift), from British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɮiftʰ/
• Syllabification: лифт (1 syllable)

Noun

лифт • (lift) (Mongolian spelling ᠯᠢᠹᠲ᠋ (lift))

1. elevator, lift

See also

• өргөдөг шат (örgödög šat)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift, specifically British English. Doublet of люфт (ljuft).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲift]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

лифт • (lift) m inan (genitive ли́фта, nominative plural ли́фты, genitive plural ли́фтов, relational adjective лифтово́й)

1. elevator, lift

   Synonym: подъёмник (podʺjómnik)

   • 1929, Ильф и Петров [Ilf and Petrov], Гость из Южной Америки; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):

     Ка́ждое у́тро пасту́х сгоня́л коро́в в ли́фты и спуска́л их вниз — на па́стбище.

     Káždoje útro pastúx sgonjál koróv v lífty i spuskál ix vniz — na pástbišče.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of лифт (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ли́фт líft	ли́фты lífty
genitive	ли́фта lífta	ли́фтов líftov
dative	ли́фту líftu	ли́фтам líftam
accusative	ли́фт líft	ли́фты lífty
instrumental	ли́фтом líftom	ли́фтами líftami
prepositional	ли́фте lífte	ли́фтах líftax

Derived terms

• лифтёр m anim (liftjór), лифтёрша f anim (liftjórša)

Descendants

• → Armenian: լիֆտ (lift)
• → Georgian: ლიფტი (lipṭi)
• → Kazakh: лифт (lift)
• → Mongolian: лифт (lift)
• → Uyghur: لىفت (lift)
• → Uzbek: lift
• → Yakut: лифт (lift)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лифт”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лифт”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 486
• Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “лифт”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN , page 125

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From British English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîft/

Noun

ли̏фт m (Latin spelling lȉft)

1. elevator, lift

Declension

Declension of лифт

	singular	plural
nominative	ли̏фт	лѝфтови
genitive	лифта	лѝфто̄ва̄
dative	лифту	лифтовима
accusative	лифт	лифтове
vocative	лифте	лифтови
locative	лифту	лифтовима
instrumental	лифтом	лифтовима

Synonyms

• ди̏зало

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лифт (lift).

Noun

лифт • (lift)

1. (transport) elevator, lift

   либинэн таҕыс

   libinen tağıs

   to take the elevator/lift

Synonyms

• элеватор (elevator, “elevator, grain elevator”)