жаворонок

Russian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐavərənək]

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Noun

жа́воронок • (žávoronok) m anim (genitive жа́воронка, nominative plural жа́воронки, genitive plural жа́воронков)

1. lark, skylark
2. early bird, morning person, someone who is always up with the lark

   Synonym: ра́нняя пта́шка (ránnjaja ptáška)

   Coordinate term: сова́ (sová)

Declension

Declension of жа́воронок (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	жа́воронок žávoronok	жа́воронки žávoronki
genitive	жа́воронка žávoronka	жа́воронков žávoronkov
dative	жа́воронку žávoronku	жа́воронкам žávoronkam
accusative	жа́воронка žávoronka	жа́воронков žávoronkov
instrumental	жа́воронком žávoronkom	жа́воронками žávoronkami
prepositional	жа́воронке žávoronke	жа́воронках žávoronkax

References

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

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “жаворонок”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.