волкодав

Russian

Etymology

волк (volk, wolf) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дав(ить) (dav(itʹ), to press), possibly calqued from Turkic, compare Kazakh бөрібасар (börıbasar, wolfhound, lit. wolf-presser).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vəɫkɐˈdaf]
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Noun

волкода́в • (volkodávm anim (genitive волкода́ва, nominative plural волкода́вы, genitive plural волкода́вов)

  1. wolfhound

Declension

See also