birkut
Finnish
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Ruthenian беркут (berkut), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bürküt (“Burkut; eagle”). First attested in 1688.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbir.kut/
- Rhymes: -irkut
- Syllabification: bir‧kut
Noun
birkut m animal
- Alternative form of berkut
- Synonym: bielik
- 2010, Lechosław Herz, Wardęga Opowieści z pobocza drogi:
- Zaraz potem tuż nad kajakiem pojawił się potężny orzeł bielik. W szponach trzymał jakąś zdobycz, z tyłu atakował go kruk, birkut gwałtownie zmieniał pozycję i nie wypuszczając łupu bronił się przez napaścią kruka dziobem, skrzydłami, pazurami.
- Then, just above the kayak, a powerful white-tailed eagle appeared. It was holding some kill in its talons, and a crow attacked it from behind, the eagle violently changed its position and not letting go of its catch, it protected itself from the crow's assault with its beak, wings, and talons.
Declension
Declension of birkut
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | birkut | birkuty |
genitive | birkuta | birkutów |
dative | birkutowi | birkutom |
accusative | birkuta | birkuty |
instrumental | birkutem | birkutami |
locative | birkucie | birkutach |
vocative | birkucie | birkuty |
References
- “BIRKUT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2019
Further reading
- birkut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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