вдовушка

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Russian

Vidua regia.

Etymology

вдова́ (vdová, widow) +‎ -ушка (-uška, diminutive suffix). The ornithological name is a semantic loan from translingual Vidua and Latin vidua (widow.)

Pronunciation

Noun

вдо́вушка (vdóvuškaf anim (genitive вдо́вушки, nominative plural вдо́вушки, genitive plural вдо́вушек)

  1. diminutive of вдова́ (vdová, widow)
  2. (ornithology) Any indigobird of the genus Vidua.

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