журавель
Ukrainian
Alternative forms
- журав (žurav) m
- журавля (žuravlja) n
- журавець (žuravecʹ) m (dialectal)
- журавка (žuravka) f
- журавлиця (žuravlycja) f
- журавина (žuravyna) f (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Ukrainian журавлин (žuravlyn, “crane”), журавлинъ (žuravlyn, “crane”), журавлиное (žuravlynoe, “crane”), журавовъ (žuravov, “crane”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old East Slavic жеравие (žeravije), жеравець (žeravecĭ), жеравлины (žeravliny), жералины (žeraliny), жеравлиныя (žeravlinyja), жералиныя (žeralinyja), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *žeravjь, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to call hoarsely”). (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *žeravъ is also interpreted as the fusion of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ger-, *gera- (“crane”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *awis, *h₂éwis (“bird”). See (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-.
Compare Russian журавль (žuravlʹ), Belarusian журавель (žuravjelʹ), жораў (žóraŭ), Bulgarian жерав (žerav), Church Slavonic жеравль (žeravlĭ), Czech jeřáb, Old Czech žeřáv, Macedonian жерав (žerav), Old East Slavic журавь, жеравль, Polish żurav, Serbo-Croatian ждра̑л, ждрӓо, жѐра̄в, Slovak žeriav, Slovene žerjàv, Upper Sorbian žoraw, Lower Sorbian žorawa.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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- crane (bird)
- a device for raising water from a well consisting of a bucket suspended from a counterweighted pivot; shadoof
- a folk dance, imitating the crane (bird)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- журавленя (žuravlenja) n
- журавлиний (žuravlynyj) adjective
Related terms
- журавельник (žuravelʹnyk), 'geranium, Geranium L.'
- журавець (žuravecʹ), 'St John's wort, Hypericum perforatum L.'
- журавлина (žuravlyna), 'cranberry, Oxycoccus Adans'
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “журавель”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1982) “журавель”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, Winnipeg, Ottawa: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “журавель”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka