папуга

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• папꙋ́га (papúha)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ). Cognate with Lithuanian papūga, Polish papuga.

In Belarusian, displaced by Russian попуга́й (popugáj).

Noun

папуга • (papuha) f animal (related adjective папу́жїй)

1. parrot

Descendants

• Ukrainian: папу́га (papúha)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “папуга”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 3

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian папу́га (papúha), from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈpuɦɐ]

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Noun

папу́га • (papúha) m animal or f animal (genitive папу́ги, nominative plural папу́ги, genitive plural папу́г)

1. parrot

Declension

Declension of папу́га (animal hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	папу́га papúha	папу́ги papúhy
genitive	папу́ги papúhy	папу́г papúh
dative	папу́зі papúzi	папу́гам papúham
accusative	папу́гу papúhu	папу́ги, папу́г papúhy, papúh
instrumental	папу́гою papúhoju	папу́гами papúhamy
locative	папу́зі papúzi	папу́гах papúhax
vocative	папу́го papúho	папу́ги papúhy

References

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