пустельга

Russian

пустельга

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʊsʲtʲɪlʲˈɡa]

Noun

пустельга́ • (pustelʹgá) f anim (genitive пустельги́, nominative plural пустельги́, genitive plural пусте́льг)

  1. kestrel (any small falcon of genus Falco)
  2. (colloquial) shallow, frivolous person (m or f)

Declension

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пустельга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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