Russian

Noun

пау́к • ‎(paúk) m anim ‎(genitive паука́, nominative plural пауки́, genitive plural пауко́в)

1. spider
2. (colloquial) mean, greedy person

Declension

Derived terms

• паукообразный ‎(paukoobraznyj)
• паучий ‎(paučij)

Related terms

• водяно́й пау́к ‎(vodjanój paúk)
• Челове́к-пау́к ‎(Čelovék-paúk)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos ‎(“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pâuːk/
• Hyphenation: па‧ук

Noun

па̏ӯк m ‎(Latin spelling pȁūk)

1. spider

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “паук” in Hrvatski jezični portal