зоология

Borrowed from Russian зооло́гия (zoológija), from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, зоо- (zoo-) +‎ -логия (-logija).

• IPA^(key): [zooˈɫɔɡijɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡijɐ
• Syllabification^(key): зо‧о‧ло‧ги‧я
• Hyphenation^(key): зо‧оло‧гия

зооло́гия • (zoológija) f (relational adjective зоологи́чески) (singular only)

1. zoology (the part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct)
2. (colloquial) a zoology textbook

• “зоология”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зоология”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зооло́гия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 748

• IPA^(key): [zɐɐˈɫoɡʲɪjə]

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зооло́гия • (zoológija) f inan (genitive зооло́гии, nominative plural зооло́гии, genitive plural зооло́гий)

1. zoology
   • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 5. Куриная история”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:

     — Поступа́йте в кондуктора́! Вы не мо́жете занима́ться зооло́гией, — несло́сь из кабине́та.

     — Postupájte v konduktorá! Vy ne móžete zanimátʹsja zoológijej, — neslósʹ iz kabinéta.

     "Go and be bus conductors! You're not fit to study zoology," came the shouts from his laboratory.

• зоо́лог (zoólog)
• зоологи́ческий (zoologíčeskij)