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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Störling, a diminutive form of Stör
Pronunciation
Noun
сте́рлядь • (stérljadʹ) f anim (genitive сте́рляди, nominative plural сте́рляди, genitive plural стерляде́й)
- sterlet
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стерлядь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress