вьюн

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vijunъ. By surface analysis, ви́ться (vítʹsja) +‎ -юн (-jun, “alt form of -ун”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [v⁽ʲ⁾jun]
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Noun

вьюн • (vʹjun) m anim or m inan (genitive вьюна́, nominative plural вьюны́, genitive plural вьюно́в)

  1. loach, weatherfish (fish of the genus Misgurnus)
  2. (botany) bindweed, convolvulus
  3. (colloquial) fidget, fidgety person
  4. (colloquial) cunning, sneaky, person; dodger
  5. (colloquial) sycophant, toady
    ви́ться вьюно́м (о́коло) ― vítʹsja vʹjunóm (ókolo) ― (1) to fidget; (2) to dodge, to adapt to circumstances; (3) to hover (around), to fawn (on)

Declension

Declension of вьюн (bian masc-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative вью́н
vʹjún 		вьюны́
vʹjuný
genitive вьюна́
vʹjuná 		вьюно́в
vʹjunóv
dative вьюну́
vʹjunú 		вьюна́м
vʹjunám
accusative animate вьюна́
vʹjuná 		вьюно́в
vʹjunóv
inanimate вью́н
vʹjún 		вьюны́
vʹjuný
instrumental вьюно́м
vʹjunóm 		вьюна́ми
vʹjunámi
prepositional вьюне́
vʹjuné 		вьюна́х
vʹjunáx
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