попугай

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pəpʊˈɡaj]
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Etymology 1

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Likely borrowed from Dutch papegaai. Attested since 1589.

The sense of a unit of length originates from the Soviet animated cartoon "Тридцать восемь попугаев" (1976), where animals measured the length of a boa constrictor by comparing him to a parrot.

Noun

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попуга́й (popugájm anim or m inan (genitive попуга́я, nominative plural попуга́и, genitive plural попуга́ев, diminutive попуга́йчик)

  1. parrot (bird)
  2. parrot (person)
  3. a showy and gaudily dressed person; popinjay
    разоде́т, как попуга́й (derisive)razodét, kak popugájgarishly dressed
  4. (inanimate) a jocular unit of length, presumably equal to the length of a parrot
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Ingrian: popugai
  • Veps: popugai
  • Yakut: попугай (popugay)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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попуга́й (popugáj)

  1. second-person singular imperative perfective of попуга́ть (popugátʹ)

Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian попугай (popugaj).

Noun

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попугай (popugay)

  1. parrot (bird of the order Psittaciformes)
  2. parrot (one who blindly imitates others' words)
    попугай курдукpopugay kurduklike a parrot