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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pavian, from Dutch baviaan, from French babouin. Compare Russian павиа́н (pavián), Belarusian павія́н (paviján), Polish pawian.
Pronunciation
Noun
павіа́н • (pavián) m animal (genitive павіа́на, nominative plural павіа́ни, genitive plural павіа́нів)
- baboon (an Old World monkey of the genus Papio)
- Hypernym: прима́т m (prymát)
- Hyponym: бабуї́н m (babujín)
- (figuratively, derogatory) baboon (foolish person)
Declension
Declension of павіа́н (animal hard masc-form accent-a)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “павіан”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 248
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2021), “павіан”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 12 (п – підку́рювач), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “павіан”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1975), “павіан”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (П – Поїсти), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 7
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “павіан”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “павіан”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “павіан”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “павіан”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)