кречет

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krečetъ, perhaps of imitative Proto-Indo-European origin (see Ancient Greek κρέξ (kréx, “corncrake”)).^[1] Compare Ancient Greek κέρκνος (kérknos, “a Hierax or an Alektryon”).

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кре́чет • (kréčet) m anim (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́четы, genitive plural кре́четов)

1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
2. Krechet (Soviet space suit)

• крехта́ть impf (krextátʹ)
• кряхте́ть impf (krjaxtétʹ)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кречет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krečetъ.

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кре́чет • (kréčet) m animal (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́чети, genitive plural кре́четів)

1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кречет”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka