козодой

Bulgarian

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, goat) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дой (doj, milking), a calque of the international taxonomic name Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kozoˈdɔj]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

козодо́й • (kozodójm (relational adjective козодо́ев)

  1. (literally) goatsucker
  2. nightjar (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)
    Synonyms: но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica), мра́ченик (mráčenik), (colloquial) летя́ща жа́ба (letjášta žába)

Declension

Declension of козодо́й
singular plural
indefinite козодо́й
kozodój
козодо́и
kozodói
definite
(subject form)
козодо́ят
kozodójat
козодо́ите
kozodóite
definite
(object form)
козодо́я
kozodója
count form козодо́я
kozodója
vocative form козодо́ю
kozodóju
козодо́и
kozodói

References

  • козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, goat) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дои́ть (doítʹ, to milk), a calque of translingual Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəzɐˈdoj]

Noun

козодо́й • (kozodójm anim (genitive козодо́я, nominative plural козодо́и, genitive plural козодо́ев)

  1. dorhawk, nightjar

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “козодой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “козодой”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 188

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