дятел

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dętelъ. Cognate with regional Bulgarian детел (detel), Serbo-Croatian дѐтао, Slovene detel, Slovak ďateľ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲætʲɪɫ]

Noun

дя́тел • (djátel) m anim (genitive дя́тла, nominative plural дя́тлы, genitive plural дя́тлов)

1. woodpecker (e.g., Dendrocopos major)
2. (slang) informer, whistle-blower
3. (slang) dimwit, blockhead

   по́лный дя́тел ― pólnyj djátel ― complete idiot

Declension

Declension of дя́тел (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дя́тел djátel	дя́тлы djátly
genitive	дя́тла djátla	дя́тлов djátlov
dative	дя́тлу djátlu	дя́тлам djátlam
accusative	дя́тла djátla	дя́тлов djátlov
instrumental	дя́тлом djátlom	дя́тлами djátlami
prepositional	дя́тле djátle	дя́тлах djátlax

Related terms

• дятловый (djatlovyj)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dętelъ.

Noun

1. woodpecker

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “дятел”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka