Russian Concerning Birds
Русские Слова Относительно Птиц
Very excellent dictionaries: Яндекс Переводчик
people and birds / люди и птицы
| birdwatcher | любитель птиц (“bird amateur”) |
| ornithologist | орнитолога |
| birdhouse | |
| bird bath | купальня для птиц |
| bird feeder | кормушки для птиц |
| bird cage | клетка для птиц (cell of birds) |
| aviary |
about birds / о птицах
| fowl, bird | птица | |
| nest | гнездо | |
| to nest | гнездить | |
| nestling | птенец | |
| roost | насест | |
| to perch; to roost | ||
| aerie (of an eagle) | ||
| beak, bill | клюв | |
| craw, crop | зоб | |
| gizzard | горло, второй желудок (second stomach) | |
| feather | перо | |
| to pluck | ощипывать | |
| fledge | оперяться | |
| to moult | линять | |
| moulting | линючкий | |
| down | пушинка | |
| downy | пушыстй | |
| wing | крыло | |
| foot | ||
| crest, comb | хохолок | |
| fledgling | оперившийся птенец | |
| nestling | птенец | |
| to flock | ||
| flock, flight | стая (also more generally a “pack” or “troop”) | |
| to fly | летать | |
| to flutter | перепархивать | |
| soaring | ||
| to migrate | мигрировать | |
| to peck | клевать | |
| to dabble | ||
| to preen | ||
| egg | яйдо | |
| to lay eggs | положить яичка ? | |
| eggshell | скорлупа | |
| to hatch | вылуплять ? | |
| to brood | сидеть на яйцах | |
| clutch |
bird sounds / выкрики птиц
| caw | каркать | also croak | |
| coo | ворковать | ||
| cry | голос, крик | voice. a generic bird sound | |
| crow | кукаректать | ||
| cackle, cluck | кудахтать | ||
| chatter | as jays | ||
| hoot | гиканье | ||
| honk | кричать | ||
| gobble | |||
| moan | as doves | ||
| screech | взвизгивать | ||
| tweet; peep | щебет | ||
| twitter; chirp; warble | верещать | ||
| trumpet | as swans | ||
| quack | крякать | ||
| whistle | свистеть |
domestic fowl / отечественная пулярка
| poultry | птичий, домашняя птица | |
| goose | гусь | |
| гусак | “gander” | |
| гусенок | “gosling” | |
| turkey | индюк | |
| chicken | цыплёнок | “hen” |
| лету | “rooster” | |
| цыпленок | “chick” | |
| duck | утка | “duck” |
| селезен | “drake” | related to word for “spleen”? |
| утёнок | “duckling” | |
| guinea hen | цесарка |
zoo birds / птицы зверинца
| flamingo | фламинго |
| ostrich | страус |
| parrot | попугаи |
| peacock | павлин |
sayings involving birds /
| “хорош гусь” | (referring to a person) a fine fellow |
| “a bird” (referring to a person) | |
| “bird-brain” | |
| “for the birds” | |
| “to kill two birds with one stone” | |
| “a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” | |
| “birds of a feather flock together” | |
| “the early bird gets the worm” | |
| “free as a bird” | |
| “as the crow flies” | |
| “don’t count your chickens before they are hatched” | |
| “to be bald as an egg” | |
| “to have egg on one’s face” | |
| “like walking on eggshells” | |
| “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs” | |
| вид с птичьего полёта | “bird’s-eye view” |
| “eagle-eye” | |
| “как с гуся вода” | “like water off a duck’s back” |
| “гусиный” | “goose pimples” (Br) …“flesh” |
| “to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” | |
| “like hen’s teeth” | |
| “when the cock crows” | |
| “… no spring chicken” | |
| “one swallow doesn’t make a summer” |