ревун
Ukrainian
Etymology
From рев(і́ти) / рев(ти́) (rev(íty) / rev(tý)) + -ун (-un).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [reˈwun]
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Noun
реву́н • (revún) m pers or m inan or m animal (genitive ревуна́, nominative plural ревуни́, genitive plural ревуні́в)
- (personal, colloquial) bawler, howler (one who bawls or howls a lot)
- (inanimate, nautical) siren (a device that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal)
- Synonym: сире́на f (syréna)
- (animal) howler monkey, howler (a Central American and South American monkey of the genus Alouatta, noted for their loud call)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | реву́н revún |
ревуни́ revuný |
| genitive | ревуна́ revuná |
ревуні́в revunív |
| dative | ревуно́ві, ревуну́ revunóvi, revunú |
ревуна́м revunám |
| accusative | ревуна́1, реву́н2 revuná1, revún2 |
ревуні́в1, ревуни́3 revunív1, revuný3 |
| instrumental | ревуно́м revunóm |
ревуна́ми revunámy |
| locative | ревуно́ві, ревуні́ revunóvi, revuní |
ревуна́х revunáx |
| vocative | реву́не revúne |
ревуни́ revuný |
1Personal or animal.
2Inanimate.
3Inanimate or animal.
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1977), “ревун”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (Природа – Ряхтливий), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 476
- “ревун”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection][1]
Further reading
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ревун”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ревун”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “ревун”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “ревун”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua][2]