насекомое

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Russian

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Etymology

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From насека́ть (nasekátʹ, to make incisions, to notch), a calque of French insecte, from сечь (sečʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nəsʲɪˈkoməjə]
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Noun

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насеко́мое (nasekómojen anim (genitive насеко́мого, nominative plural насеко́мые, genitive plural насеко́мых)

  1. insect
  2. (in the plural) Hexapoda

Usage notes

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  • The noun насеко́мое is one of the rare Russian neuter nouns to have animacy. Other neuter nouns with animacy include живо́тное (živótnoje), существо́ (suščestvó), чадо, чудовище, дитя, etc.

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