попугай

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pəpʊˈɡaj]
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Etymology 1

Likely borrowed from Dutch papegaai. Attested since 1589.

The sense of a unit of length originates from the Soviet animated cartoon "Тридцать восемь попугаев" (1976), where animals measured the length of a boa constrictor by comparing him to a parrot.

Noun

попуга́й • (popugáj) m anim or m inan (genitive попуга́я, nominative plural попуга́и, genitive plural попуга́ев, diminutive попуга́йчик)

  1. parrot (bird)
  2. parrot (person)
  3. a showy and gaudily dressed person; popinjay
    разоде́т, как попуга́й (derisive)razodét, kak popugájgarishly dressed
  4. (inanimate) a jocular unit of length, presumably equal to the length of a parrot
Declension
  • (Feminine gender variants) попугаиха (popugaixa), попугайчиха (popugajčixa), попугаица (popugaica)
  • (Diminutive forms) попугайка (popugajka), попугаишка (popugaiška)
  • (Adjectives) попугаичий (popugaičij), попугайский (popugajskij), попугайный (popugajnyj), попугаевый (popugajevyj)
  • (Nouns) попугайничество (popugajničestvo), попугайство (popugajstvo)
  • (Verbs) попугайничать (popugajničatʹ), попугайствовать (popugajstvovatʹ)
Descendants
  • Ingrian: popugai
  • Veps: popugai
  • Yakut: попугай (popugay)

Verb

попуга́й • (popugáj)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of попуга́ть (popugátʹ)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian попугай (popugaj).

Noun

попугай • (popugay)

  1. parrot (bird of the order Psittaciformes)
  2. parrot (one who blindly imitates others' words)
    попугай курдукpopugay kurduklike a parrot
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