черенки

Russian

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• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪrʲɪnˈkʲi]

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Noun

черенки́ • (čerenkí) m inan pl or m anim pl

1. inflection of черено́к (čerenók):
   1. nominative plural
   2. inanimate accusative plural

Ukrainian

Etymology

Plural of Ukrainian черенка (čerenka, “one type symbol; knife handle”), from черен (čeren, “handle, stem”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Old East Slavic черенъ (čerenŭ), from Proto-Slavic *černъ. Cognate with Ukrainian корінь (korinʹ).

The semantic development of черенка into "a single font glyph" is not fully clear. Possibly as follows: "handle; stem" → "[metal] knife handle" → "long metal handle, stem" → "metal stem that holds a typographic symbol". The very first printing presses used a set of metal glyphs that looked like long thin stems with a convex symbols on the tips.

Noun

черенки́ • (čerenký) f inan pl (genitive [please provide], plural only)

1. (typography, archaic) font, type

   Synonym: шрифт (šryft)

Further reading

• “черенки”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “черенки”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “чере́нка”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[2] (in Russian), volumes 2: О – Я, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 966
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1924), “черенки́”, in Словарь української мови [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language]‎^[3] (in Russian), volumes 2: О – Я, Berlin: Ukrainske Slowo, page 966