козодой

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Bulgarian[edit]

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Европейски козодой (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Цвърк на козодой

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kozoˈdɔj]
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Noun[edit]

козодо́й (kozodójm (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)

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References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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Европейский козодой
Крик козодоя

Etymology[edit]

From коза́ (kozá, goat) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ дои́ть (doítʹ, to milk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

козодо́й (kozodójm anim (genitive козодо́я, nominative plural козодо́и, genitive plural козодо́ев)

  1. dorhawk, nightjar

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