See also: Мизгирь

Russian

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мизги́рь
 
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic мизгирь (mizgirĭ), мѣзгирь (mězgirĭ) once in ніти мѣзгиревыхъ тенетъ in the so-called Повѣсть о Стефанѣ Пермскомъ, on which basis one assumes a Proto-Slavic *mězgyrь, an archaism only attested in Great Russian and Ukrainian regiolects.

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Noun

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мизги́рь (mizgírʹm anim (genitive мизгиря́, nominative plural мизгири́, genitive plural мизгире́й)

  1. the Russian tarantula, Lycosa singoriensis
  2. (by extension, because the tarantula is so pestilent where it exists) a spider in general

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