блестянка

Russian

Etymology

From блесте́ть (blestétʹ, “to glitter; to sparkle; to flash; to shine”) +‎ -я́нка (-jánka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blʲɪˈsʲtʲankə]

Noun

блестя́нка • (blestjánka) f anim or f inan (genitive блестя́нки, nominative plural блестя́нки, genitive plural блестя́нок)

  1. (inanimate) Something shiny; something which shines or sparkles.
  2. (animate) A sap beetle; a beetle of the family Nitidulidae.
  3. (animate) ellipsis of оса́-блестя́нка (osá-blestjánka, “cuckoo wasp”)
  4. (animate) A jacamar of the genus Galbula.

Declension

Declension of блестя́нка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative блестя́нка
blestjánka 		блестя́нки
blestjánki
genitive блестя́нки
blestjánki 		блестя́нок
blestjánok
dative блестя́нке
blestjánke 		блестя́нкам
blestjánkam
accusative animate блестя́нку
blestjánku 		блестя́нок
blestjánok
inanimate блестя́нки
blestjánki
instrumental блестя́нкой, блестя́нкою
blestjánkoj, blestjánkoju 		блестя́нками
blestjánkami
prepositional блестя́нке
blestjánke 		блестя́нках
blestjánkax

Derived terms

  • моль-блестя́нка (molʹ-blestjánka)
  • оса́-блестя́нка (osá-blestjánka)

See also

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