ефір
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- ете́р (etér)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [eˈfʲir]
Noun
ефі́р • (efír) m inan (genitive ефі́ру, nominative plural ефі́ри, genitive plural ефі́рів, related adjective ефі́рний)
- ether (organic chemistry: a compound containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups)
- (uncountable, literary or poetic) ether (The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere; by extension the sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness).
- (historical, physics) luminiferous aether, aether
- (alchemy) ether
- (broadcasting) air, ether
- в ефі́рі ― v efíri ― on air
- прями́й ефі́р ― prjamýj efír ― live broadcast (literally, “direct ether”)
Declension
Declension of ефі́р (inan hard masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ефі́р efír | ефі́ри efíry |
| genitive | ефі́ру efíru | ефі́рів efíriv |
| dative | ефі́рові, ефі́ру efírovi, efíru | ефі́рам efíram |
| accusative | ефі́р efír | ефі́ри efíry |
| instrumental | ефі́ром efírom | ефі́рами efíramy |
| locative | ефі́рі efíri | ефі́рах efírax |
| vocative | ефі́ре efíre | ефі́ри efíry |
Related terms
- прями́й ефі́р (prjamýj efír)