вертишейка

Russian edit

 
Вертишейка

Etymology edit

From верте́ть (vertétʹ) +‎ -и- (-i-) +‎ ше́я (šéja) +‎ -ка (-ka), a calque of German Wendehals.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [vʲɪrtʲɪˈʂɛjkə]

Noun edit

вертише́йка (vertišéjkaf anim (genitive вертише́йки, nominative plural вертише́йки, genitive plural вертише́ек)

  1. wryneck

Declension edit

References edit

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000), “вертишейка”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 64