хищный

Russian

Etymology

хитить (xititʹ, to plunder, to reave) + -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxʲiɕːnɨj]
  • (file)

Adjective

хи́щный • (xíščnyj) (comparative (по)хищне́е or (по)хищне́й)

  1. predatory

Declension

Descendants

  • Ingrian: hiisnoi

References

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