хвостовка

Russian

Etymology

хвост (xvost) + -овка (-ovka) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [xvɐˈstofkə]

Noun

хвосто́вка • (xvostóvka) f inan or f anim (genitive хвосто́вки, nominative plural хвосто́вки, genitive plural хвосто́вок)

  1. (university slang) document for tracking exam retakes (arrears, backlogs)
  2. long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus a.k.a. Parus caudatus)
    Synonym: длиннохво́стая сини́ца (dlinnoxvóstaja siníca)
  3. Urochloa
    Synonym: урохло́я (uroxlója)

Declension

References

Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “хвост”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

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