пустельга

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пустельга

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

пустельга́ (pustelʹgáf anim (genitive пустельги́, nominative plural пустельги́, genitive plural пусте́льг)

  1. kestrel (any small falcon of genus Falco)
  2. (colloquial) shallow, frivolous person (m or f)

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пустельга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress