пустельга

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пустельга

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [pʊsʲtʲɪlʲˈɡa]

Noun[edit]

пустельга́ (pustelʹgáf anim (genitive пустельги́, nominative plural пустельги́, genitive plural пусте́льг)

  1. kestrel (any small falcon of genus Falco)
  2. (colloquial) shallow, frivolous person (m or f)

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Further reading[edit]

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