лоцман
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch loodsman. Compare English lodesman.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ло́цман • (lócman) m anim (genitive ло́цмана, nominative plural ло́цманы, genitive plural ло́цманов, relational adjective ло́цманский)
- (zoology) pilot fish (a fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks)
- Synonym: ры́ба-ло́цман (rýba-lócman)
Declension edit
Declension of ло́цман (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
See also edit
- ло́цманский (lócmanskij, adjective)
- лидиро́вщик (lidiróvščik, “leaderman, navigator”) (the aviation equivalent)
References edit
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лоцман”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress