пустельга

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пустельга

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [pʊsʲtʲɪlʲˈɡa]

Noun edit

пустельга́ (pustelʹgáf anim (genitive пустельги́, nominative plural пустельги́, genitive plural пусте́льг)

  1. kestrel (any small falcon of genus Falco)
  2. (colloquial) shallow, frivolous person (m or f)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пустельга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress