бекас

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Bulgarian

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Горски бекас
Крайбрежен бекас

Etymology

Borrowed from French bécasse.

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Noun

бека́с (bekásm (relational adjective бека́сов)

  1. sandpiper (shorebird of family Scolopacidae)
    Synonym: кюка́вец (kjukávec)

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References

  • бекас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бекас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Бекас

Etymology

Borrowed from French bécasse.

Pronunciation

Noun

бека́с (bekásm anim (genitive бека́са, nominative plural бека́сы, genitive plural бека́сов, relational adjective бекаси́ный)

  1. snipe
    • 1888, Антон Чехов, “II”, in Степь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Steppe, 1919:
      Над осокой пролетели знакомые три бекаса, и в их писке слышались тревога и досада, что их согнали с ручья.
      Nad osokoj proleteli znakomyje tri bekasa, i v ix piske slyšalisʹ trevoga i dosada, što ix sognali s ručʹja.
      Among the sedge were flying the three snipe they had seen before, and in their plaintive cries there was a note of alarm and vexation at having been driven away from the stream.

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bécasse.

Pronunciation

Noun

бека́с (bekásm animal (genitive бека́са, nominative plural бека́си, genitive plural бека́сів)

  1. snipe (bird)

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