інстинкт

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Instinkt, from Latin īnstīnctus.[1] Compare Russian инсти́нкт (instínkt), Belarusian інсты́нкт (instýnkt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [inˈstɪnkt]
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Noun

інсти́нкт • (instýnkt) m inan (genitive інсти́нкту, nominative plural інсти́нкти, genitive plural інсти́нктів)

  1. instinct
    ста́дний інсти́нкт ― stádnyj instýnkt ― herd instinct

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References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “інстинкт”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

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