вітряк

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Ukrainian

 вітряк on Ukrainian Wikipedia
вітряк (sense 1)

Etymology

From вітер (viter) +‎ -я́к (-ják). Compare Russian ветря́к (vetrják), Belarusian вятра́к (vjatrák), Polish wiatrak.

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Noun

вітря́к (vitrjákm inan (genitive вітряка́, nominative plural вітряки́, genitive plural вітрякі́в)

  1. windmill
    Synonym: вітряни́й млин m (vitrjanýj mlyn)
  2. (rare) Synonym of вітродвигу́н m (vitrodvyhún, wind engine).
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) weathercock (one who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person)

Declension

Noun

вітря́к (vitrjákm inan (genitive вітряку́, nominative plural вітряки́, genitive plural вітрякі́в)

  1. (folk dialectal) anemone, windflower
    Synonym: вітряни́ця f (vitrjanýcja)

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