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Old Slovak
Noun
chrúst m animal
- cockchafer
Descendants
Further reading
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “chrúst”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrǫščь (“cockchafer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
chrúst m animal (diminutive chrústik)
- cockchafer
Declension
Declension of
chrúst (patterns
chlap (singular) and
dub (plural))
Further reading
- “chrúst”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025