водокрас

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Russian

Водокрас

Etymology

вода́ (vodá) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ краса́ (krasá), calque of New Latin Hydrocharis.

Pronunciation

Noun

водокра́с (vodokrásm inan (genitive водокра́са, nominative plural водокра́сы, genitive plural водокра́сов)

  1. frogbit (Hydrocharis)

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “водокрас”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 69