сверчок

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic свьрчькъ (svĭrčĭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *svьrčь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [svʲɪrˈt͡ɕɵk]

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Noun

сверчо́к • (sverčók) m anim (genitive сверчка́, nominative plural сверчки́, genitive plural сверчко́в)

1. cricket (insect)
2. grass warbler (Locustella) (bird)

Declension

Declension of сверчо́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	сверчо́к sverčók	сверчки́ sverčkí
genitive	сверчка́ sverčká	сверчко́в sverčkóv
dative	сверчку́ sverčkú	сверчка́м sverčkám
accusative	сверчка́ sverčká	сверчко́в sverčkóv
instrumental	сверчко́м sverčkóm	сверчка́ми sverčkámi
prepositional	сверчке́ sverčké	сверчка́х sverčkáx

Further reading

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “сверчок”, 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.