паук

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈuk]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

пау́к • (paúkm anim (genitive паука́, nominative plural пауки́, genitive plural пауко́в, female equivalent паучи́ха, relational adjective пауко́вый or пау́чий or паучи́ный, diminutive паучо́к, augmentative паучи́ще or пауча́ра, pejorative паучи́шка)

  1. spider
    Hyponyms: крестови́к (krestovík), мизги́рь (mizgírʹ), пау́к-муравье́д (paúk-muravʹjéd), пау́к-птицее́д (paúk-pticejéd), тара́нтул (tarántul)
  2. (colloquial) mean, greedy person

Declension

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See also

References

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

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pâuːk/
  • Hyphenation: па‧ук

Noun

па̏ӯк m anim (Latin spelling pȁūk)

  1. spider
  2. (figuratively) tow truck, breakdown lorry, wrecker
  3. weever

Declension

Declension of паук
singular plural
nominative паук па̏ӯци / паукови
genitive паука па̏ӯка̄ / па̏ӯко̄ва̄
dative пауку пауцима / пауковима
accusative паука пауке / паукове
vocative па̏ӯче пауци / паукови
locative пауку пауцима / пауковима
instrumental пауком пауцима / пауковима

Derived terms

References

  • паук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026