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Belarusian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian попуга́й (popugáj).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
папуга́й • (papuháj) m animal (genitive папуга́я, nominative plural папуга́і, genitive plural папуга́яў)
- parrot
- (colloquial, figuratively, sometimes offensive) parrot, parroter (a person who does not have their own point of view, always repeating other people's words and thoughts)
Declension
Declension of папуга́й (anml soft masc-form accent-a)
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
Further reading
- “папугай”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “папугай” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org