Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Störling, a diminutive form of Stör

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsʲtʲerlʲɪtʲ]

Noun

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сте́рлядь (stérljadʹf anim (genitive сте́рляди, nominative plural сте́рляди, genitive plural стерляде́й)

  1. sterlet

Declension

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References

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