кречет

Russian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic кречетъ (krečetŭ). Compare Ancient Greek κέρκνος (kérknos, “a Hierax or an Alektryon”)

Noun

кре́чет • (kréčet) m anim (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́четы)

gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Ukrainian

Noun

кре́чет • (kréčet) m anim (genitive кре́чета, nominative plural кре́чети)

gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

References

Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кречет”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka

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