сорока

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *s(v)orka.

Pronunciation

Noun

соро́ка (sorókaf anim (genitive соро́ки, nominative plural соро́ки, genitive plural соро́к)

  1. European magpie (Pica pica) (Russians associate the magpie with unpleasant squawking, complaining, and especially thievery)
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    • 1893, Антон Павлович Чехов (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov), “Рассказ неизвестного человека”, in Русская мысль; translated as “An Anonymous Story”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, London: Chatto & Windus, 1917, section 6:
      — Тепе́рь я понима́ю, отчего́ я так ча́сто теря́ю свои́ платки́ и перча́тки. Как хо́чешь, за́втра я отпущу́ э́ту соро́ку на во́лю и пошлю́ Степа́на за свое́ю Со́фьей. Та не воро́вка, и у неё не тако́й... отта́лкивающий вид.
      — Tepérʹ ja ponimáju, otčevó ja tak částo terjáju svoí platkí i perčátki. Kak xóčešʹ, závtra ja otpuščú étu soróku na vólju i pošljú Stepána za svojéju Sófʹjej. Ta ne voróvka, i u nejó ne takój... ottálkivajuščij vid.
      "Now I understand why I am always losing my handkerchiefs and gloves. Whatever you say, I shall dismiss the magpie to-morrow and send Stepan for my Sofya. She is not a thief and has not got such a ... repulsive appearance."
    соро́ка на хвосте́ принесла́soróka na xvosté prinesláa little bird told me (lit: a magpie brought it on its tail)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Numeral

сорока́ (soroká)

  1. genitive of со́рок (sórok)
  2. dative of со́рок (sórok)
  3. instrumental of со́рок (sórok)
  4. prepositional of со́рок (sórok)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *s(v)orka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. magpie

Declension

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Noun

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  1. (figuratively) a very talkative man

Declension

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