жабоед

Russian

Etymology

жа́ба (žába, “frog”) +‎ -ед (-ed, “eater”).

Sense 2 refers to a stereotype depicting French people eating frogs. Compare with English frogeater and Polish żabojad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʐəbɐˈjet]

Noun

жабое́д • (žabojéd) m anim (genitive жабое́да, nominative plural жабое́ды, genitive plural жабое́дов)

  1. (sensu stricto) Any snake of the genus Xenodon.
  2. (offensive, ethnic slur, rare) A French person.
    Synonym: лягуша́тник (ljagušátnik)

Declension

Declension of жабое́д (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative жабое́д
žabojéd 		жабое́ды
žabojédy
genitive жабое́да
žabojéda 		жабое́дов
žabojédov
dative жабое́ду
žabojédu 		жабое́дам
žabojédam
accusative жабое́да
žabojéda 		жабое́дов
žabojédov
instrumental жабое́дом
žabojédom 		жабое́дами
žabojédami
prepositional жабое́де
žabojéde 		жабое́дах
žabojédax

See also

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