афалина
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See also: афаліна
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Turkish afalina,[1] ultimately from Ancient Greek φάλλαινα (phállaina, “whale”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
афали́на • (afalína) f anim (genitive афали́ны, nominative plural афали́ны, genitive plural афали́н)
- bottlenose dolphin
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:афалина.
Declension[edit]
Declension of афали́на (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | афали́на afalína |
афали́ны afalíny |
genitive | афали́ны afalíny |
афали́н afalín |
dative | афали́не afalíne |
афали́нам afalínam |
accusative | афали́ну afalínu |
афали́н afalín |
instrumental | афали́ной, афали́ною afalínoj, afalínoju |
афали́нами afalínami |
prepositional | афали́не afalíne |
афали́нах afalínax |
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Abkhaz: афали́на (afalína)
- → Armenian: աֆալինա (afalina)
- → Azerbaijani: afalina
- → Georgian: აფალინა (apalina)
- → Ukrainian: афалі́на (afalína)
See also[edit]
- дельфи́н (delʹfín)
References[edit]
- ^ Силантьев, А. А. (1903) Черноморское побережье Кавказа в сельскохозяйственном и промысловом отношении. Выпуск I: Дельфиновый промысел у берегов Кавказа, Saint Petersburg, page 18
Further reading[edit]
- Krysin, L. M. (2006) “афалина”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo, page 102b, explains as Ancient Greek ἄφαλος (áphalos, “without crest”) + -ина (-ina)
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