афалина
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See also: афаліна
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Turkish afalina,[1] ultimately from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]афали́на • (afalína) f anim (genitive афали́ны, nominative plural афали́ны, genitive plural афали́н)
- bottlenose dolphin
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:афалина.
Declension
[edit]Declension of афали́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | афали́на afalína |
афали́ны afalíny |
genitive | афали́ны afalíny |
афали́н afalín |
dative | афали́не afalíne |
афали́нам afalínam |
accusative | афали́ну afalínu |
афали́н afalín |
instrumental | афали́ной, афали́ною afalínoj, afalínoju |
афали́нами afalínami |
prepositional | афали́не afalíne |
афали́нах afalínax |
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína)
- → Armenian: աֆալինա (afalina)
- → Azerbaijani: afalina
- → Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
- → Ukrainian: афалі́на (afalína)
See also
[edit]- дельфи́н (delʹfín)
References
[edit]- ^ Силантьев, А. А. (1903) Черноморское побережье Кавказа в сельскохозяйственном и промысловом отношении. Выпуск I: Дельфиновый промысел у берегов Кавказа, Saint Petersburg, page 18
Further reading
[edit]- Krysin, L. M. (2006) “афалина”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo, page 102b, explains as Ancient Greek ἄφαλος (áphalos, “without crest”) + -ина (-ina)
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