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дудка

дудка

Russian

Noun

ду́дка (dúdka) f inan (genitive ду́дки, nominative plural ду́дки, genitive plural ду́док)

  1. fife, pipe (small shrill pipe)
    пляса́ть под чью́-ли́бо ду́дкуpljasátʹ pod čʹjú-líbo dúdku(idiomatic) to dance to somebody's tune / piping

Declension

Related terms

  • ду́дки! (dúdki!, not on your life!, fudge!, rats!) (interjection)

References

  • Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Winter, page 233
  • Fasmer, Maks (1964), дуда”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume I, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 550