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козявка

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, коза (koza) +‎ -яв (-jav) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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козя́вка (kozjávkaf anim or f inan (genitive козя́вки, nominative plural козя́вки, genitive plural козя́вок, diminutive козя́вочка)

  1. (colloquial, animate) bug, insect
  2. (colloquial, animate) little child, baby, toddler
  3. (colloquial, inanimate) booger, boogie

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “козявка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “козявка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 409
  • Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “козявка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 189

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