козодой

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Bulgarian

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Европейски козодой (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Цвърк на козодой

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, “goat”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дой (doj, “milking”), a calque of the international taxonomic name Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m (relational adjective козодо́ев)

  1. (literally) goatsucker
  2. nightjar (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)
    Synonyms: но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica), мра́ченик (mráčenik), (colloquial) летя́ща жа́ба (letjášta žába)

Declension

Declension of козодо́й
singular plural
indefinite козодо́й
kozodój 		козодо́и
kozodói
definite
(subject form) 		козодо́ят
kozodójat 		козодо́ите
kozodóite
definite
(object form) 		козодо́я
kozodója
count form — козодо́я
kozodója
vocative form козодо́ю
kozodóju 		козодо́и
kozodói

References

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

Russian

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Европейский козодой
Крик козодоя

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, “goat”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дои́ть (doítʹ, “to milk”), a calque of translingual Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m anim (genitive козодо́я, nominative plural козодо́и, genitive plural козодо́ев)

  1. dorhawk, nightjar

Declension

Declension of козодо́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative козодо́й
kozodój 		козодо́и
kozodói
genitive козодо́я
kozodója 		козодо́ев
kozodójev
dative козодо́ю
kozodóju 		козодо́ям
kozodójam
accusative козодо́я
kozodója 		козодо́ев
kozodójev
instrumental козодо́ем
kozodójem 		козодо́ями
kozodójami
prepositional козодо́е
kozodóje 		козодо́ях
kozodójax
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