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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
птене́ц • (ptenéc) m anim (genitive птенца́, nominative plural птенцы́, genitive plural птенцо́в, relational adjective птенцо́вый, diminutive пте́нчик)
- chick, nestling, fledgling, baby bird
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “птенец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “птица”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “птица”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 79
- Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “птица”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 340