# флейта
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* flejta — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

From a variant of Middle High German vloite or flöute, from Old French fleute, from Old Occitan flaut. Compare German Flöte f, Polish flet m, and especially Yiddish פֿלייט f (fleyt) for the -ей- (-jej-) component, representing what would evolve into long ö in Middle High German, as seen also in East Central German, Hunsrik, and Luxembourgish Fleet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈflʲejta]

### Noun

фле́йта • (fljéjta) f inan (genitive фле́йты, nominative plural фле́йты, genitive plural флейт or фле́йтаў)
* (music) flute

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### Further reading

* “флейта” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* “флейта”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Flöte, possibly via Yiddish פֿלייט (fleyt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈflʲejtə]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: флей‧та

### Noun

фле́йта • (fléjta) f inan (genitive фле́йты, nominative plural фле́йты, genitive plural флейт)
* (music) flute (woodwind instrument)
** 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 8. История в совхозе”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:Игра́л на фле́йте сам заве́дующий совхо́зом Алекса́ндр Семё́нович Рокк, и игра́л, ну́жно отда́ть ему́ справедли́вость, превосхо́дно.Igrál na fléjte sam zavédujuščij sovxózom Aleksándr Semjónovič Rokk, i igrál, núžno otdátʹ jemú spravedlívostʹ, prevosxódno.The flute was being played by none other than the manager of the state farm himself, Alexander Semyonovich Feight, who, to do him justice, was playing it beautifully.

#### Related terms

* флейтист (flejtist), флейтистка (flejtistka)
* флейтовый (flejtovyj)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: ֆլեյտա (fleyta)
* → Azerbaijani: fleyta
* → Belarusian: фле́йта (fljéjta)
* → Bulgarian: фле́йта (fléjta)
* → Georgian: ფლეიტა (pleiṭa)
* → Kazakh: флейта (fleita)
* → Kyrgyz: флейта (fleyta)
* → Ukrainian: фле́йта (fléjta)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian flauto, from Old Occitan flaut.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɫɛi̯tɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

фле́йта • (fléjta) f inan (genitive фле́йти, nominative plural фле́йти, genitive plural флейт, relational adjective фле́йтовий)
* flute

#### Derived terms

* флейти́ст m (flejtýst), флейти́стка f (flejtýstka)
* флейтоподі́бний (flejtopodíbnyj)

### References

* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “флейта”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “флейта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “флейта”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “флейта”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
* “флейта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “флейта”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)