# жук
## Belarusian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žukъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʐuk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жук • (žuk) m animal (genitive жука́, nominative plural жукі́, genitive plural жуко́ў)
* beetle

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “жук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* жукъ (žuk) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žukъ. Per Vasmer (and others) likely related to жужжа́ть (žužžátʹ), жу́желица (žúželica). Per Chernykh, however, likely related to Proto-Slavic *govędo (denied by Anikin).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʐuk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жук • (žuk) m anim (genitive жука́, nominative plural жуки́, genitive plural жуко́в, feminine жучи́ха, relational adjective жу́чий or жучи́ный, diminutive жучо́к, augmentative жучи́ще or жуча́ра, pejorative жучи́шка)
* beetle
    Жужжит, кружит окружно жук. ― Žužžit, kružit okružno žuk. ― A beetle is buzzing and whirling around.
* (colloquial) rogue, crook

#### Hypernyms

* насеко́мое n anim (nasekómoje)

#### Coordinate terms

* клоп m anim (klop)

#### Derived terms

* жу́к-носоро́г m anim (žúk-nosoróg)
* жу́к-оле́нь m anim (žúk-olénʹ)
* жучо́к m anim or m inan (žučók)

##### Phrases

* бриллиа́нтовый жу́к m anim (brilliántovyj žúk)
* ма́йский жу́к m anim (májskij žúk)

#### Related terms
### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “жук”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “жук”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 307
* Shansky, N. M., editor (1973), “жук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 5 (Д, Е, Ж), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 298
* Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “жук”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
* Anikin, A. E. (2023) “жук I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 17 (жихарь I – засьюндывать), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 78
* Krylov, G. A. (2004) “жук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
* Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989) “жук”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 132

## Ukrainian
### Alternative forms

* джук (džuk)

### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žukъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʒuk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

жук • (žuk) m animal (genitive жука́, nominative plural жуки́, genitive plural жукі́в, feminine жучи́ха, diminutive жучо́к)
* beetle

#### Descendants

* → Yiddish: דזשוכע (dzhukhe)
** → Hebrew: ג׳וּק (juk)

### Noun

жук • (žuk) m pers (genitive жука́, nominative plural жуки́, genitive plural жукі́в)
* (colloquial) rogue, crook

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “жук”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “жук”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “жук”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)