журавль
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Райский журавль (Anthropoides paradiseus). 
Колодезный журавль.
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic жеравль (žeravlĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žeravľь. Cognates include Belarusian жураве́ль (žuravjélʹ) and Ukrainian жураве́ль (žuravélʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
жура́вль • (žurávlʹ) m anim or m inan (genitive журавля́, nominative plural журавли́, genitive plural журавле́й, relational adjective журавли́ный)
- (animate) crane (bird)
- (inanimate) sweep, swape, shadoof (a traditional crane-like device with a lever arm used to lift buckets of water from a well)
Declension
Declension of жура́вль (bian masc-form soft-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | жура́вль žurávlʹ |
журавли́ žuravlí | |
| genitive | журавля́ žuravljá |
журавле́й žuravléj | |
| dative | журавлю́ žuravljú |
журавля́м žuravljám | |
| accusative | animate | журавля́ žuravljá |
журавле́й žuravléj |
| inanimate | жура́вль žurávlʹ |
журавли́ žuravlí | |
| instrumental | журавлём žuravljóm |
журавля́ми žuravljámi | |
| prepositional | журавле́ žuravlé |
журавля́х žuravljáx | |
Hypernyms
- пти́ца f anim (ptíca)
Derived terms
- журавлёнок m anim (žuravljónok)
- Phrases
- журавли́ный клин m (žuravlínyj klin)
- Proverbs
- лу́чше сини́ца в руке́, чем жура́вль в не́бе (lúčše siníca v ruké, čem žurávlʹ v nébe), лу́чше сини́ца в рука́х, чем жура́вль в не́бе (lúčše siníca v rukáx, čem žurávlʹ v nébe)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “журавль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “журавль”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.