wrist
The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is…The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
» Tom slashed his wrists.
Том порезал себе запястья.
Том порізав собі зап'ястя.
Meaning
2 sensesThe complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
With a flick of the wrist, he threw the frisbee to a team-mate.
Handgelenk
запя́стьеzapjástʹje
зап'я́стяzapʺjástja
a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Examples
146 sentencesTom slashed his wrists.
Том порізав собі зап'ястя.
ruТом порезал себе запястья.
I sprained my wrist.
Я вивихнула зап'ястя.
Tom fractured his wrist.
Том зламав зап'ястя.
ruТом сломал запястье.
Tom sprained his wrist.
Том вивихнув зап'ястя.
My wrist hurts.
У мене болить зап'ястя.
ruУ меня болит запястье.
deMir tut das Handgelenk weh.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, fromFrom Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.
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Forms
plural: wristsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones:carpuswrist jointradiocarpal jointarticulatio radiocarpea