насекомое

Russian

Etymology

From насека́ть (nasekátʹ, “to make incisions, to notch”), a calque of French insecte, from сечь (sečʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nəsʲɪˈkoməjə]
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Noun

насеко́мое • (nasekómoje) n anim (genitive насеко́мого, nominative plural насеко́мые, genitive plural насеко́мых)

  1. insect
  2. (in the plural) Hexapoda

Usage notes
  • The noun насеко́мое is one of the rare Russian neuter nouns to have animacy. Other neuter nouns with animacy include живо́тное (živótnoje), существо́ (suščestvó), чадо, чудовище, дитя, etc.

Declension
Declension of насеко́мое (anim neut-form hard-stem accent-a adj) 
singular plural
nominative насеко́мое
nasekómoje		 насеко́мые
nasekómyje
genitive насеко́мого
nasekómovo		 насеко́мых
nasekómyx
dative насеко́мому
nasekómomu		 насеко́мым
nasekómym
accusative насеко́мое
nasekómoje		 насеко́мых
nasekómyx
instrumental насеко́мым
nasekómym		 насеко́мыми
nasekómymi
prepositional насеко́мом
nasekómom		 насеко́мых
nasekómyx

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