журавль

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Russian

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Райский журавль (Anthropoides paradiseus).
Колодезный журавль.

Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic жеравль (žeravlĭ), from Proto-Slavic *žeravľь. Cognates include Belarusian жураве́ль (žuravjélʹ) and Ukrainian жураве́ль (žuravélʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʐʊˈravlʲ]
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Noun

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жура́вль (žurávlʹm anim or m inan (genitive журавля́, nominative plural журавли́, genitive plural журавле́й, relational adjective журавли́ный)

  1. (animate) crane (bird)
  2. (inanimate) sweep, swape, shadoof (a traditional crane-like device with a lever arm used to lift buckets of water from a well)

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