лягушка

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Russian

Etymology

ляга́ть (ljagátʹ) +‎ -у́шка (-úška)

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лягу́шка (ljagúškaf anim (genitive лягу́шки, nominative plural лягу́шки, genitive plural лягу́шек, relational adjective лягуша́чий or лягу́шечий, diminutive лягу́шечка)

  1. frog
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 5”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Ва́ська, слышь, ба́рин говори́т, что мы с тобо́й те же лягу́шки. Чудно́!
      — Я их бою́сь, лягу́шек-то, — заме́тил Ва́ська, ма́льчик лет семи́, с бе́лою, как лён, голово́ю, в се́ром казаки́не с стоя́чим воротнико́м и босо́й.
      — Vásʹka, slyšʹ, bárin govorít, što my s tobój te že ljagúški. Čudnó!
      — Ja ix bojúsʹ, ljagúšek-to, — zamétil Vásʹka, málʹčik let semí, s béloju, kak ljon, golovóju, v sérom kazakíne s stojáčim vorotnikóm i bosój.
      "Vaska, did you hear that? The gentleman says that you and I are just like frogs; that's queer."
      "I'm frightened of frogs," remarked Vaska, a boy of seven with flaxen hair and bare feet, dressed in a grey smock with a high collar.
  2. (Internet) @ (at sign) (more common: соба́ка (sobáka, dog))

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