вовк

Borrowed from Old Ruthenian вовкъ (vovk). Compare Carpathian Rusyn вовк (vovk).

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔvk]
• Rhymes: -ɔwk
• Hyphenation: вовк

вовк (vovk) m anim (relational adjective вовков)

1. wolf

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “вовк”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

From Middle Ukrainian вълкъ (vlk), from Old East Slavic вълкъ (vŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

• IPA^(key): [wɔu̯k]

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вовк • (vovk) m animal (genitive во́вка, nominative plural вовки́, genitive plural вовкі́в, female equivalent вовчи́ця or вовчи́ха, relational adjective во́вчий, diminutive во́вчик, augmentative вовчи́ще or вовцю́га or вовцюга́н)

1. wolf

   Synonym: (dialectal) вівк (vivk)

• вовк рудий m (vovk rudyj, “red wolf”)
• вовкулака m (vovkulaka, “werewolf”)
• про во́вка промо́вка (pro vóvka promóvka, “speak of the devil”) (literally "speak of the wolf")

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вовк”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka