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пиявка

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Russian

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пиявка

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka. Cognate with Ukrainian п'я́вка (pʺjávka), Belarusian п'я́ўка (pʺjáŭka), Czech pijavka, Polish pijawka, Slovene pijavka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pʲɪˈjafkə]
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Noun

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пия́вка (pijávkaf anim (genitive пия́вки, nominative plural пия́вки, genitive plural пия́вок)

  1. leech (blood-sucking annelid)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Yiddish: פּיאַווקע (pyavke)

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “пиявка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress