метелик

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Ukrainian

 метелик on Ukrainian Wikipedia
метелик (sense 1)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic мотыль (motylĭ), from Proto-Slavic *motyľь.

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Noun

мете́лик (metélykm animal or m inan (genitive мете́лика, nominative plural мете́лики, genitive plural мете́ликів, relational adjective мете́ликовий)

  1. (animal) butterfly
    Hypernym: лускокри́лі pl (luskokrýli)
  2. (inanimate, by extension, colloquial) leaflet (sheet of paper containing information)
  3. (inanimate, by extension, colloquial) Synonym of крава́тка-мете́лик (kravátka-metélyk, bowtie).

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