дерун

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the verb дра́ти (dráty)/де́рти (dérty).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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Names for potato pancakes used in Ukraine

деру́н (derúnm inan (genitive деруна́, nominative plural деруни́, genitive plural деруні́в)

  1. thick potato pancake

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Noun[edit]

деру́н (derúnm pers (genitive деруна́, nominative plural деруни́, genitive plural деруні́в)

  1. (colloquial) swindler, extortioner, racketeer
  2. (colloquial) stealer of eggs from bird's nests

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Further reading[edit]

  • Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “дерун”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN