козодой

Bulgarian

Европейски козодой (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, goat) + -о- (-o-) + дой (doj, milking), a calque of the international taxonomic name Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kozoˈdɔj]
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Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m (relational adjective козодо́ев)

  1. (literally) goatsucker
  2. nightjar (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)
    Synonyms: но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica), мра́ченик (mráčenik), (colloquial) летя́ща жа́ба (letjášta žába)

Declension

References

  • козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Европейский козодой

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, goat) + -о- (-o-) + дои́ть (doítʹ, to milk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəzɐˈdoj]

Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m anim (genitive козодо́я, nominative plural козодо́и, genitive plural козодо́ев)

  1. dorhawk, nightjar

Declension

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