дрофа

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dropъty, whose first part is probably from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“run”) and the other from Proto-Slavic *pъta (“bird”), which is probably based on Proto-Indo-European *put- (“a young, a child, a little animal”).[1][2]

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Compare Czech drop, Polish drop. Cognate with German Trappe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [drɐˈfa]

Noun

дрофа́ • (drofá) f anim (genitive дрофы́, nominative plural дро́фы, genitive plural дроф)

  1. great bustard (a species of bird)
    Synonym: дудак (dudak)

Declension
Declension of дрофа́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-d) 
singular plural
nominative дрофа́
drofá		 дро́фы
drófy
genitive дрофы́
drofý		 дро́ф
dróf
dative дрофе́
drofé		 дро́фам
drófam
accusative дрофу́
drofú		 дро́ф
dróf
instrumental дрофо́й, дрофо́ю
drofój, drofóju		 дро́фами
drófami
prepositional дрофе́
drofé		 дро́фах
drófax

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “drop”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, pages 157–158
  2. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “pták”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 569
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