From Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).

• IPA^(key): [paˈvuk]

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паву́к • (pavúk) m animal (genitive павука́, nominative plural павукі́, genitive plural павуко́ў)

1. spider

• павуці́на (pavucína)

• “павук” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Inherited from Old Slovak pavúk, from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpavuk]
• Rhymes: -avuk
• Hyphenation: па‧вук

павук (pavuk) m anim (related adjective павуков)

1. spider

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “павук”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “spider”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 294

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павук

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

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈwuk]

• Audio:

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паву́к • (pavúk) m animal (genitive павука́, nominative plural павуки́, genitive plural павукі́в, feminine павучи́ха, relational adjective паву́чий or павуко́вий, diminutive павучо́к)

1. spider (arthropod)

• павути́на f (pavutýna)
• павути́ння f (pavutýnnja)
• паву́чище n (pavúčyšče)
• паву́ччя n (pavúččja)

паву́к • (pavúk) m pers (genitive павука́, nominative plural павуки́, genitive plural павукі́в, feminine павучи́ха)

1. (derogatory) a mean, cunning person

паву́к • (pavúk) m inan (genitive павука́, nominative plural павуки́, genitive plural павукі́в, relational adjective паву́чий)

1. a spidery device used to fish out things

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “павук”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “павук”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “павук”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)