козодой

Bulgarian

Европейски козодой (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Цвърк на козодой

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, “goat”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дой (doj, “milking”), a calque of the international taxonomic name Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kozoˈdɔj]

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Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m (relational adjective козодо́ев)

1. (literally) goatsucker
2. nightjar (nocturnal bird of family Caprimulgidae)

   Synonyms: но́щна ля́стовица (nóštna ljástovica), мра́ченик (mráčenik), (colloquial) летя́ща жа́ба (letjášta žába)

Declension

Declension of козодо́й

	singular	plural
indefinite	козодо́й kozodój	козодо́и kozodói
definite (subject form)	козодо́ят kozodójat	козодо́ите kozodóite
definite (object form)	козодо́я kozodója
count form	—	козодо́я kozodója
vocative form	козодо́ю kozodóju	козодо́и kozodói

Related terms

• коза́ (kozá, “goat”)
• дой (doj, “milking”), дое́ц (doéc, “milker”), доя́ч (dojáč, “milkman”)

References

• “козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “козодой”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Европейский козодой

Крик козодоя

Etymology

From коза́ (kozá, “goat”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дои́ть (doítʹ, “to milk”), a calque of translingual Caprimulgus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəzɐˈdoj]

Noun

козодо́й • (kozodój) m anim (genitive козодо́я, nominative plural козодо́и, genitive plural козодо́ев)

1. dorhawk, nightjar

Declension

Declension of козодо́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	козодо́й kozodój	козодо́и kozodói
genitive	козодо́я kozodója	козодо́ев kozodójev
dative	козодо́ю kozodóju	козодо́ям kozodójam
accusative	козодо́я kozodója	козодо́ев kozodójev
instrumental	козодо́ем kozodójem	козодо́ями kozodójami
prepositional	козодо́е kozodóje	козодо́ях kozodójax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “козодой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “козодой”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 188

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “козодой”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “козел”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “елёк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лелёк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress