вертишейка

Russian

Вертишейка

Etymology

From верте́ть (vertétʹ) + -и- (-i-) + ше́я (šéja) + -ка (-ka), a calque of German Wendehals.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrtʲɪˈʂɛjkə]

Noun

вертише́йка • (vertišéjka) f anim (genitive вертише́йки, nominative plural вертише́йки, genitive plural вертише́ек)

  1. wryneck

Declension

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “вертишейка”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64
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