Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsina. By surface analysis, пёс (pjos, a dog) +‎ -и́на (-ína)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

пси́на (psínaf inan or f anim (genitive пси́ны, nominative plural пси́ны, genitive plural псин, diminutive пси́нка)

  1. dogmeat, dog flesh
  2. smell of a dog, doggy odor
  3. (colloquial) Augmentative of пёс (pjos); a (large) dog

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Further reading edit

  • псина in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsina.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /psîna/
  • Hyphenation: пси‧на

Noun edit

пси̏на f (Latin spelling psȉna)

  1. (augmentative) dog
  2. (usually Croatia) prank, practical joke

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