лунь

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫunʲ]

Noun

лунь • (lunʹ) m anim (genitive луня́, nominative plural луни́, genitive plural луне́й)

  1. (bird) harrier, ring-tail
    лунь болотныйlunʹ bolotnyjmarsh harrier; duck hawk
    седой как лунь; белый как луньsedoj kak lunʹ; belyj kak lunʹwhite-haired; white as snow

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luňь. Cognate with Russian лунь (lunʹ, harrier), Church Slavonic лунь (lunĭ, vulture), Serbo-Croatian type of kite (bird), Slovene lȗnj (kite (bird)), Czech luňak (kite (bird)). Per Vasmer, possibly from earlier *lupňь from Proto-Slavic *lupiti (to peel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɫunʲ]

Noun

лунь • (lunʹ) m animal (genitive лу́ня, nominative plural лу́ні, genitive plural лу́нів)
лунь • (lunʹ) f animal (genitive лу́ні, nominative plural лу́ні, genitive plural лу́ней) (rare)

  1. harrier (bird of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae)

Declension

normal masculine declension:

rare feminine declension:

References

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