жайворонок

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From жай- (žaj-), of uncertain origin but possibly connected with the first part of га́йворон (hájvoron, rook), + во́рон (vóron) +‎ -ок (-ok).[1] Compare Russian жа́воронок (žávoronok), Belarusian жа́варанак (žávaranak), Proto-Slavic *skovornъ and its descendants.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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жа́йворонок (žájvoronokm animal (genitive жа́йворонка, nominative plural жа́йворонки, genitive plural жа́йворонків, relational adjective жайворо́нковий, diminutive жа́йвороночок)

  1. lark, skylark (bird of the genus Alauda)
    Synonym: жа́йворон m (žájvoron)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “жайворон”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 185

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