крысоловка

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Russian

крысоловки

Etymology

From кры́са (krýsa) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ лови́ть (lovítʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: кры‧со‧ло́в‧ка

Noun

крысоло́вка (krysolóvkaf inan (genitive крысоло́вки, nominative plural крысоло́вки, genitive plural крысоло́вк)

  1. rattrap (device used to catch rats)
  2. rat dog, ratter (dog trained to hunt out rats)

Declension

noun

Further reading

  • крысоловка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru