Old Ruthenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian papūga, Polish papuga.

In Belarusian, displaced by Russian попуга́й (popugáj).

Noun edit

папуга (papuhaf animal (related adjective папу́жїй)

  1. parrot

Descendants edit

  • Ukrainian: папу́га (papúha)

References edit

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “папуга”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 285

Further reading edit

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2005), “папуга”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 24 (паприца – побужоный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 3

Ukrainian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Ruthenian папу́га (papúha), from Ottoman Turkish پاپاغان (papağan), from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈpuɦɐ]
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Noun edit

папу́га (papúham animal or f animal (genitive папу́ги, nominative plural папу́ги, genitive plural папу́г)

  1. parrot

Declension edit

References edit