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Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.[1] Cognate with Russian пия́вка (pijávka), Belarusian п'я́ўка (pʺjáŭka), Polish pijawka.
Pronunciation
Noun
п'я́вка • (pʺjávka) f animal (genitive п'я́вки, nominative plural п'явки́, genitive plural п'яво́к)
- leech
Declension
Declension of п'я́вка (animal hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “п'явка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
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