підліток

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Ukrainian

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Pronunciation

  • пі́дліток: IPA(key):
  • підлі́ток: IPA(key):
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Etymology 1

Cognate with Belarusian падле́так (padljétak). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

пі́дліток (pídlitokm pers (genitive пі́длітка, nominative plural пі́длітки, genitive plural пі́длітків, relational adjective пі́длітковий)

  1. adolescent, juvenile, teenager
Usage notes

The word пі́дліток has masculine gender but can refer to males and females.[1]

Declension

Etymology 2

From підліта́ти (pidlitáty, to fly up) +‎ -ок (-ok).[2]

Noun

пі́дліток or підлі́ток (pídlitok or pidlítokm animal (genitive пі́длітка or підлі́тка, nominative plural пі́длітки or підлі́тки, genitive plural пі́длітків or підлі́тків)

  1. fledgling (young bird that has just learned to fly)
    Hypernym: пташеня́ n (ptašenjá)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “підліток”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  2. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “летіти”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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