зяблик

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zęba.

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Noun

зя́блик (zjáblikm anim (genitive зя́блика, nominative plural зя́блики, genitive plural зя́бликов)

  1. chaffinch
    • 1898, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], “III”, in Олеся; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., The Witch (Olyessia), 1916:
      — Смотри́, ба́бушка, зя́блики опя́ть за мно́ю увяза́лись, — воскли́кнула она́, гро́мко смея́сь, — посмотри́, каки́е смешны́е… Голо́дные совсе́м. А у меня́, как наро́чно, хле́ба с собо́й не бы́ло.
      — Smotrí, bábuška, zjábliki opjátʹ za mnóju uvjazálisʹ, — vosklíknula oná, grómko smejásʹ, — posmotrí, kakíje smešnýje… Golódnyje sovsém. A u menjá, kak naróšno, xléba s sobój ne býlo.
      ‘Look, granny, the finches hopped after me again,’ she cried, laughing. ‘Look, how funny they are. And, just as if on purpose, I had no bread with me.’

Declension

Ukrainian

 зяблик on Ukrainian Wikipedia
Зяблик в Україні

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zęba.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

зя́блик (zjáblykm animal (genitive зя́блика, nominative plural зя́блики, genitive plural зя́бликів)

  1. chaffinch

Declension

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “зяблик”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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