журавель

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

From Old East Slavic жеравль (žeravlĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žeravľь. Cognates include Belarusian жураве́ль (žuravjélʹ) and Russian жура́вль (žurávlʹ).

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Noun

жураве́ль (žuravélʹm animal (genitive журавля́, nominative plural журавлі́, genitive plural журавлі́в, relational adjective журавле́вий or жураве́льний or журавли́ний, diminutive жура́влик)

  1. crane (bird)

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Noun

жураве́ль (žuravélʹm inan (genitive журавля́, nominative plural журавлі́, genitive plural журавлі́в)

  1. shadoof (a device for raising water from a well consisting of a bucket suspended from a counterweighted pivot)
    Synonyms: пристрій з жердиною (prystrij z žerdynoju), піднос (pidnos), витяг (vytjah)
  2. a folk dance, imitating the crane (bird)

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