паук

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

пау́к • (paúkm anim (genitive паука́, nominative plural пауки́, genitive plural пауко́в, feminine паучи́ха, relational adjective пауко́вый or пау́чий or паучи́ный, diminutive паучо́к, augmentative паучи́ще or пауча́ра, pejorative паучи́шка)

  1. spider
    Hyponyms: крестови́к (krestovík), мизги́рь (mizgírʹ), пау́к-муравье́д (paúk-muravʹjéd), пау́к-птицее́д (paúk-pticejéd), тара́нтул (tarántul)
  2. (colloquial) mean, greedy person

Declension

Derived terms

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See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “паук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâuːk/
  • Hyphenation: па‧ук

Noun

па̏ӯк m anim (Latin spelling pȁūk)

  1. spider
  2. (figuratively) tow truck, breakdown lorry, wrecker
  3. weever

Declension

Declension of паук
singular plural
nominative паук па̏ӯци / паукови
genitive паука па̏ӯка̄ / па̏ӯко̄ва̄
dative пауку пауцима / пауковима
accusative паука пауке / паукове
vocative па̏ӯче пауци / паукови
locative пауку пауцима / пауковима
instrumental пауком пауцима / пауковима

Derived terms

References

  • паук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025