Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krečetъ, perhaps of imitative Proto-Indo-European origin (see Ancient Greek κρέξ (kréx, corncrake)).[1] Compare Ancient Greek κέρκνος (kérknos, a Hierax or an Alektryon).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrʲet͡ɕɪt]
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Noun edit

кре́чет (kréčetm anim (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́четы, genitive plural кре́четов)

  1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кречет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *krečetъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

кре́чет (kréčetm animal (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́чети, genitive plural кре́четів)

  1. gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Declension edit

References edit