п'явка

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.[1] Cognate with Russian пия́вка (pijávka), Belarusian п'я́ўка (pʺjáŭka), Polish pijawka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpjau̯kɐ]
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Noun

п'я́вка • (pʺjávka) f animal (genitive п'я́вки, nominative plural п'явки́, genitive plural п'яво́к)

  1. leech

Declension

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “п'явка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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