ястреб

Bulgarian

Голям ястреб

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ, literally meaning swiftwing. Cognate with Latin accipiter (“hawk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈja̟strɛp]

Noun

я́стреб • (jástreb) m (relational adjective я́стребов)

1. hawk, accipiter (bird of family Accipitridae)

Declension

Declension of я́стреб

	singular	plural
indefinite	я́стреб jástreb	я́стреби jástrebi
definite (subject form)	я́стребът jástrebǎt	я́стребите jástrebite
definite (object form)	я́стреба jástreba
count form	—	я́стреба jástreba
vocative form	я́стребе jástrebe	я́стреби jástrebi

Hyponyms

• керкене́з (kerkenéz, “kestrel”)
• гера́к (gerák, “goshawk”)

References

• “ястреб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ястреб”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “ястреб”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 1093

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *àstrę̄bъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjastrʲɪp]

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Noun

я́стреб • (jástreb) m inan (genitive я́стреба, nominative plural ястреба́ or я́стребы, genitive plural ястребо́в or я́стребов)

1. hawk (a predatory bird)
2. (politics) hawk, warmonger

Declension

Declension of я́стреб (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-c/a irreg) 

	singular	plural
nominative	я́стреб jástreb	ястреба́△, я́стребы jastrebá△, jástreby
genitive	я́стреба jástreba	ястребо́в, я́стребов jastrebóv, jástrebov
dative	я́стребу jástrebu	ястреба́м, я́стребам jastrebám, jástrebam
accusative	я́стреб jástreb	ястреба́△, я́стребы jastrebá△, jástreby
instrumental	я́стребом jástrebom	ястреба́ми, я́стребами jastrebámi, jástrebami
prepositional	я́стребе jástrebe	ястреба́х, я́стребах jastrebáx, jástrebax

^△ Irregular.

Note: stress variants of plural are equal in meaning.

Antonyms

• го́лубь (gólubʹ)

Related terms

• ястребёнок (jastrebjónok)
• ястребиный (jastrebinyj)