птичье молоко

Russian

Etymology

Literally birds’ milk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈptʲit͡ɕjə məlɐˈko]
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Noun
конфе́ты «Пти́чье молоко́» (2)

пти́чье молоко́ • (ptíčʹje molokó) n inan (genitive пти́чьего молока́, uncountable)

  1. hen’s teeth (something extremely rare)
  2. (also capitalised) "Ptichye moloko", (name of) popular chocolate candies, also known in the West under the Polish name ptasie mleczko (“birds’ milk”), and in Germany as Vogelmilch (“birds’ milk”).

Declension
Declension of пти́чье молоко́ (inan sg-only neut-form velar-stem accent-d) 
singular
nominative пти́чье молоко́
ptíčʹje molokó
genitive пти́чьего молока́
ptíčʹjevo moloká
dative пти́чьему молоку́
ptíčʹjemu molokú
accusative пти́чье молоко́
ptíčʹje molokó
instrumental пти́чьим молоко́м
ptíčʹim molokóm
prepositional пти́чьем молоке́
ptíčʹjem moloké
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