канюк

Russian

Ястребиный канюк (Butastur indicus)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kanjukъ / *kanjakъ, from *kaňa, from Proto-Indo-European *kōnyā or *kan- (“to sing”), whence also Proto-Germanic *hanô (“rooster, cock”), Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”) (whence English hen), Latin cicōnia (“stork”), Latin canō (“to sing”), Welsh canu, Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈnʲuk]

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Noun

каню́к • (kanjúk) m anim (genitive канюка́, nominative plural канюки́, genitive plural канюко́в)

1. buzzard (any bird from the genus Buteo, or, sensu lato, from the subfamily Buteoninae)

Declension

Declension of каню́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	каню́к kanjúk	канюки́ kanjukí
genitive	канюка́ kanjuká	канюко́в kanjukóv
dative	канюку́ kanjukú	канюка́м kanjukám
accusative	канюка́ kanjuká	канюко́в kanjukóv
instrumental	канюко́м kanjukóm	канюка́ми kanjukámi
prepositional	канюке́ kanjuké	канюка́х kanjukáx

Derived terms

каню́чить (kanjúčitʹ, “to pester with requests, to moan, to grumble”)

References

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