蛍

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshú, compiled some time after 759 CE. Ultimate derivation unknown.
* The initial ho element is almost certainly the ancient form of 火 (hi, “fire”), which appears as ho in compounds such as 炎 (honō, “flame”, originally from ho no ho) or 火屋 (hoya, “lamp chimney”).
* Various theories exist regarding the taru portion. This may be from classical verb 垂る (taru, “to hang down, to droop”, in reference to a firefly's posterior; modern form 垂れる (tareru)), or a vowel shift from verb 照る (teru, “to shine”).


蛍

From Middle Chinese 螢 (MC hweng, “firefly”).


firefly

2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,
Fireflies are the best-known insects that produce light. […] Many fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.

The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.

2004, B. V. David, T. N. Ananthakrishnan, “Chapter 20: Bioluminescence”, in General and Applied Entomology, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, page 130:

Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation.[…]The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from fireflies as an assay for ATP.

2007, Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, “23: Bioluminescence”, in Lars Olof Björn, editor, Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, 2nd edition, Springer, page 607:

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.


lightning bug

I watched as lightning bugs drifted in, glowing yellow against the shadows.

2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 18:


snap

en-noun

snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)

From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip.
Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

gloss

”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">snapa</i> (“to get; scrounge”)

sound-symbolic

expressive

onom

onomatopoeia

cog

It'll be a snap to get that finished.

I can fix most vacuum cleaners in a snap.

A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be accomplished in such a period.

helppo nakki

slang: easy and profitable place or task


Glühwürmchen

de-noun

Glühwürmchen n (strong, genitive Glühwürmchens, plural Glühwürmchen)

Glühwürmchens (genitive)
Glühwürmchen (plural)
Glühwürmchen (nominative singular)
Glühwürmchen (definite nominative plural)
Glühwürmchens (genitive singular)
Glühwürmchen (definite genitive plural)
Glühwürmchen (dative singular)
Glühwürmchen (dative definite plural)
Glühwürmchen (accusative singular)
Glühwürmchen (accusative definite plural)

/ˈɡlyːˌvʏʁmçən/

From glühen (“to glow”) + Wurm (“worm”) + -chen (diminutive suffix) or Glühwurm + -chen.

affix

ein leuchtendes Glühwürmchen


ljósbjalla

is-noun

ljósbjalla f (genitive singular ljósbjöllu, nominative plural ljósbjöllur)

ljósbjöllu (genitive singular)
ljósbjöllur (nominative plural)
ljósbjalla (indefinite nominative singular)
ljósbjallan (definite nominative singular)
ljósbjöllur (indefinite nominative plural)
ljósbjöllurnar (definite nominative plural)
ljósbjöllu (accusative indefinite singular)
ljósbjölluna (accusative definite singular)
ljósbjöllur (accusative indefinite plural)
ljósbjöllurnar (accusative definite plural)
ljósbjöllu (dative indefinite singular)
ljósbjöllunni (dative definite singular)
ljósbjöllum (dative indefinite plural)
ljósbjöllunum (dative definite plural)
ljósbjöllu (genitive indefinite singular)
ljósbjöllunnar (definite genitive singular)
ljósbjallna (genitive indefinite plural)
ljósbjalla (genitive indefinite plural)
ljósbjallnanna (definite genitive plural)
ljósbjallanna (definite genitive plural)

From ljós (“light”) + bjalla (“beetle”).


glowworm

From Middle English glouworm; equivalent to glow + worm.
Compare German Glühwurm.

The glowworm shows the matin to be near
And ’gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
Adieu, adieu, adieu! Remember me.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

1604, William Alexander, The Alexandraean Tragedie, Act V, Scene 2, in The Monarchicke Tragedies, London: Ed. Blount, 1607,
Some things afarre doe like the Glow-worme shine,
That lookt to neere haue of that light no signe.

Glories (like glowe-wormes) a farre off, shine bright,
But look’d to neere, haue neither heate, nor light.

1612–1613 (date written), John Webster, The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy. […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

Ye Glo-worms, whose officious Flame
To wandring Mowers shows the way,
That in the Night have lost their aim,
And after foolish Fires do stray;

1681, Andrew Marvell, “The Mower to the Glo-Worms”, in Miscellaneous Poems, London: Robert Boulter, page 44:

1819, William Wordsworth, “The Waggoner” Canto 1, in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820, p. 7,
Confiding Glow-worms, ’tis a night
Propitious to your earth-born light!

Young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams, with rings and trousseaux, bridesmaided by glowworms down the aisles of the organplaying wood.

1954, Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood […] , New York: New Directions, page 1:

The larva or wingless grub-like female of a beetle from the families Phengodidae or Lampyridae that gives out a green light from its abdomen.

(Australia, New Zealand) A carnivorous gnat larva in the keroplatid genus Arachnocampa that spins threads to capture insects attracted by its glow.


click beetle

Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.


skipjack

Any of several not closely related fish.


soldier beetle

Any of several beetles, of the family Cantharidae, that are predators of aphids and other insects


lampyrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug


common glow-worm

en-noun

common glow-worm (plural common glow-worms)

Lampyris noctiluca
Lampyris noctiluca#Translingual

A European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca.


luciole

Envoie toutes sortes de messages / Aux inconnus et lucioles de passage

1975, Yves Simon (lyrics and music), “Raconte-toi”:

Send all sorts of messages / To passing strangers and fireflies


pirilampo

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πυριλάμπης (Purilámpēs, “Pyrilampes”).


wireworm

From wire + worm, because of their slenderness and unusual hardness.

A farmer tells me that moles can be beneficial because they eat a lot of wireworms and other pests, not just earthworms.

2009 February 6, Veronica Heath, “Country diary”, in The Guardian:


jonvabalis

lt-noun

jõnvabalis m (plural jõnvabaliai) stress pattern 1

jõnvabalis (canonical masculine stress-pattern-1)
jõnvabaliai (plural)
jõnvabalis (nominative singular)
jõnvabaliai (nominative plural)
jõnvabalio (genitive singular)
jõnvabalių (genitive plural)
jõnvabaliui (dative singular)
jõnvabaliams (dative plural)
jõnvabalį (accusative singular)
jõnvabalius (accusative plural)
jõnvabaliu (instrumental singular)
jõnvabaliais (instrumental plural)
jõnvabalyje (locative singular)
jõnvabaliuose (locative plural)
jõnvabali (singular vocative)
jõnvabaliai (plural vocative)


լուսատտիկ

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լուսատտիկ • (lusattik)

hy-noun

լուսատտիկ • (lusattik)

lusattik (romanization)
լուսատտիկ (nominative singular)
լուսատտիկներ (nominative plural)
լուսատտիկի (dative singular)
լուսատտիկների (dative plural)
լուսատտիկից (ablative singular)
լուսատտիկներից (ablative plural)
լուսատտիկով (instrumental singular)
լուսատտիկներով (instrumental plural)
լուսատտիկը (definite nominative singular)
լուսատտիկն (definite nominative singular)
լուսատտիկները (definite nominative plural)
լուսատտիկներն (definite nominative plural)
լուսատտիկին (dative definite singular)
լուսատտիկներին (dative definite plural)
լուսատտիկս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
լուսատտիկներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
լուսատտիկիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
լուսատտիկներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
լուսատտիկիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
լուսատտիկներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
լուսատտիկովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
լուսատտիկներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
լուսատտիկդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
լուսատտիկներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
լուսատտիկիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
լուսատտիկներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
լուսատտիկիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
լուսատտիկներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
լուսատտիկովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
լուսատտիկներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

լուսատտիկը/լուսատտիկն

լուսատտիկներ

լուսատտիկները/լուսատտիկներն

լուսատտիկների

լուսատտիկներին

լուսատտիկներից

լուսատտիկներով

լուսատտիկներս

լուսատտիկներիս

լուսատտիկիցս

լուսատտիկներիցս

լուսատտիկովս

լուսատտիկներովս

լուսատտիկներդ

լուսատտիկներիդ

լուսատտիկիցդ

լուսատտիկներիցդ

լուսատտիկովդ

լուսատտիկներովդ

լույս (luys) + -ա- (-a-) + տուտ (tut) + -իկ (-ik)


կայծոռիկ

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կայծոռիկ • (kaycoṙik)

hy-noun

կայծոռիկ • (kaycoṙik)

kaycoṙik (romanization)
կայծոռիկ (nominative singular)
կայծոռիկներ (nominative plural)
կայծոռիկի (dative singular)
կայծոռիկների (dative plural)
կայծոռիկից (ablative singular)
կայծոռիկներից (ablative plural)
կայծոռիկով (instrumental singular)
կայծոռիկներով (instrumental plural)
կայծոռիկը (definite nominative singular)
կայծոռիկն (definite nominative singular)
կայծոռիկները (definite nominative plural)
կայծոռիկներն (definite nominative plural)
կայծոռիկին (dative definite singular)
կայծոռիկներին (dative definite plural)
կայծոռիկս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
կայծոռիկներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
կայծոռիկիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
կայծոռիկներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
կայծոռիկիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
կայծոռիկներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
կայծոռիկովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
կայծոռիկներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
կայծոռիկդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
կայծոռիկներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
կայծոռիկիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
կայծոռիկներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
կայծոռիկիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
կայծոռիկներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
կայծոռիկովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
կայծոռիկներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

կայծոռիկը/կայծոռիկն

կայծոռիկները/կայծոռիկներն

կայծոռիկների

կայծոռիկներին

կայծոռիկներից

կայծոռիկներով

կայծոռիկներս

կայծոռիկներիս

կայծոռիկներիցս

կայծոռիկներովս

կայծոռիկներդ

կայծոռիկներիդ

կայծոռիկներիցդ

կայծոռիկներովդ

[ɡɑjd͡zoɾíɡ]


světluška

světluška (nominative singular)
světlušky (nominative plural)
světlušky (genitive singular)
světlušek (genitive plural)
světlušce (dative singular)
světluškám (dative plural)
světlušku (accusative singular)
světlušky (accusative plural)
světluško (singular vocative)
světlušky (plural vocative)
světlušce (locative singular)
světluškách (locative plural)
světluškou (instrumental singular)
světluškami (instrumental plural)


lucecú

Attested since circa 1750. From luz + en + cu, "light-in-butt". Cognate with Portuguese luz-em-cu, luze-cu.


πυγολαμπίδα

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πυγολαμπίδες

πυγολαμπίδα • (pygolampída) f (plural πυγολαμπίδες)

el-noun

πυγολαμπίδες

pygolampída (romanization)
πυγολαμπίδες (plural)
πυγολαμπίδα (nominative singular)
πυγολαμπίδες (nominative plural)
πυγολαμπίδας (genitive singular)
πυγολαμπίδων (genitive plural)
πυγολαμπίδα (accusative singular)
πυγολαμπίδες (accusative plural)
πυγολαμπίδα (singular vocative)
πυγολαμπίδες (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

πυγολαμπίδες

πυγολαμπίδας

πυγολαμπίδων

πυγολαμπίδες

πυγολαμπίδες

From Ancient Greek πυγολαμπίς (pugolampís)


ildflue

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ildflue c (singular definite ildfluen, plural indefinite ildfluer)

ildfluen (definite singular)
ildfluer (indefinite plural)
ildflue (indefinite nominative singular)
ildfluen (definite nominative singular)
ildfluer (indefinite nominative plural)
ildfluerne (definite nominative plural)
ildflues (genitive indefinite singular)
ildfluens (definite genitive singular)
ildfluers (genitive indefinite plural)
ildfluernes (definite genitive plural)


luciérnaga

Inherited from Old Spanish luziérnega, from Latin lucerna (“lamp”) + the dialectal suffix -aga, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. The positioning of stress in the antepenultimate syllable is also due to pre-Roman influence.


glimworm

nl-noun

glimworm m (plural glimwormen, diminutive glimwormpje n)

glimwormen (plural)
glimwormpje (diminutive neuter)

From glimmen (“to glow”) + worm (“worm”).

a firefly, beetle of the family Lampyridae, especially its grub


elater

From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”).


xixëllonjë

sq-noun

xixëllonjë f (plural xixëllonja, definite xixëllonja, definite plural xixëllonjat)

xixëllonja (plural)
xixëllonja (definite)
xixëllonjat (definite plural)
xixëllonjë (indefinite nominative singular)
xixëllonja (definite nominative singular)
xixëllonja (indefinite nominative plural)
xixëllonjat (definite nominative plural)
xixëllonjë (accusative indefinite singular)
xixëllonjën (accusative definite singular)
xixëllonja (accusative indefinite plural)
xixëllonjat (accusative definite plural)
xixëllonje (dative indefinite singular)
xixëllonjës (dative definite singular)
xixëllonjave (dative indefinite plural)
xixëllonjave (dative definite plural)
xixëllonje (ablative indefinite singular)
xixëllonjës (ablative definite singular)
xixëllonjash (ablative indefinite plural)
xixëllonjave (ablative definite plural)

From xixëlloj (“to sparkle”) + -onjë. Likely an alteration of earlier xixëllimë.


common glowworm

en-noun

common glowworm (plural common glowworms)

A wingless larviform female of the European firefly species, Lampyris noctiluca, which glows in the dark due to bioluminescence.


femme fatale firefly

femme fatale firefly (plural femme fatale fireflies)

Any of several fireflies, of the genus Photuris, that mimic the mating flashes of other species of fireflies, mostly in other genera, in order to predate the attracted males.


lanthorn-fly

Glow-worms, lanthorn-flys may be call'd a living phosphorous

1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, page 50:


licurici

licurici (plural)
licurici (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
licuriciul (accusative definite nominative singular)
licuricii (accusative definite nominative plural)
licurici (indefinite singular)
licuriciului (definite singular)
licuricilor (definite plural)
licuriciule (singular vocative)
licuricilor (vocative)

Probably from licuri, a variant of licări (“to gleam, shimmer, shine, sparkle”), itself of uncertain origin: possibly from lucoare or from a Vulgar Latin root liculire, or tied to lucere.

(slang) a power behind the scene; specifically the United States or its secret services


lampyrine

(zoology) An insect of the genus Lampyris or family Lampyridae; firefly.


fire beetle

Pyrophorus noctilucus - because it looks like it is glowing, like fire.
Melanophila - because they seek out fire in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.

A luminous click beetle, Pyrophorus noctilucus


pyralis

This once happened in a hemp field destroyed by a pyralis, described by me in a special memoir.

1850, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist - Volume 10, page 277:

At first there was a belief that the caterpillar was that of a pyralis like that which caused such great loss to beet growers in southern Russia, Roumania and North America.

What would have been the opinion of the public, seeing e.g. a butterfly and a pyralis placed in the same genus ?

1962, Memorie della Società entomologica italiana:


cucujo

(dated) Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus


ციცინათელა

ka-noun

ციცინათელები

ციცინათელა • (cicinatela) (plural ციცინათელები)

cicinatela (romanization)
ციცინათელები (plural)
ციცინათელა (nominative singular)
ციცინათელები (nominative plural)
ციცინათელანი (archaic nominative plural)
ციცინათელამ (ergative singular)
ციცინათელებმა (ergative plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic ergative plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic ergative plural)
ციცინათელათაt) (archaic ergative plural)
ციცინათელათაta) (archaic ergative plural)
ციცინათელას (dative singular)
ციცინათელას (dative singular)
ციცინათელასაs) (dative singular)
ციცინათელასაsa) (dative singular)
ციცინათელებს (dative plural)
ციცინათელებს (dative plural)
ციცინათელებსაs) (dative plural)
ციცინათელებსაsa) (dative plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic dative plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic dative plural)
ციცინათელათაt) (archaic dative plural)
ციცინათელათაta) (archaic dative plural)
ციცინათელას (genitive singular)
ციცინათელას (genitive singular)
ციცინათელასაs) (genitive singular)
ციცინათელასაsa) (genitive singular)
ციცინათელების (genitive plural)
ციცინათელების (genitive plural)
ციცინათელებისაs) (genitive plural)
ციცინათელებისაsa) (genitive plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic genitive plural)
ციცინათელათ (archaic genitive plural)
ციცინათელათაt) (archaic genitive plural)
ციცინათელათაta) (archaic genitive plural)
ციცინათელათ (instrumental singular)
ციცინათელათ (instrumental singular)
ციცინათელათაt) (instrumental singular)
ციცინათელათაta) (instrumental singular)
ციცინათელებით (instrumental plural)
ციცინათელებით (instrumental plural)
ციცინათელებითაt) (instrumental plural)
ციცინათელებითაta) (instrumental plural)
ციცინათელად (adverbial singular)
ციცინათელად (adverbial singular)
ციცინათელადაd) (adverbial singular)
ციცინათელადაda) (adverbial singular)
ციცინათელებად (adverbial plural)
ციცინათელებად (adverbial plural)
ციცინათელებადაd) (adverbial plural)
ციცინათელებადაda) (adverbial plural)
ციცინათელავ (singular vocative)
ციცინათელებო (plural vocative)
ციცინათელანო (archaic plural vocative)
-ზე
ციცინათელაზე (singular)
ციცინათელებზე (plural)
-თან
ციცინათელასთან (singular)
ციცინათელებთან (plural)
-ში
ციცინათელაში (singular)
ციცინათელებში (plural)
-ვით
ციცინათელასავით (singular)
ციცინათელებივით (plural)
-თვის
ციცინათელასთვის (singular)
ციცინათელებისთვის (plural)
-ებრ
ციცინათელასებრ (singular)
ციცინათელებისებრ (plural)
-კენ
ციცინათელასკენ (singular)
ციცინათელებისკენ (plural)
-გან
ციცინათელასგან (singular)
ციცინათელებისგან (plural)
-ადმი
ციცინათელასადმი (singular)
ციცინათელებისადმი (plural)
-დან
ციცინათელადან (singular)
ციცინათელებიდან (plural)
-ურთ
ციცინათელათურთ (singular)
ციცინათელებითურთ (plural)
-მდე
ციცინათელამდე (singular)
ციცინათელებამდე (plural)

ცი‧ცი‧ნა‧თე‧ლა

An old compound where the first element goes back to Proto-Georgian-Zan *c₁ic₁- (“small insect, moth”) (akin to Mingrelian ჩიჩი (čiči), ჩინჩი (činči) and Laz ჩიჩი (çiçi)), while the second part reflects Georgian ნათელი (nateli, “light”).


మిణుగురుపురుగు

te-noun

మిణుగురుపురుగు • (miṇugurupurugu) ? (plural మిణుగురుపురుగులు)

miṇugurupurugu (romanization)
మిణుగురుపురుగులు (plural)


phengodid

Clipping of translingual Phengodidae, from Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “light, glow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)phengos-) + -idae.

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Phengodidae</i>

der

(zoology) Any of the family Phengodidae of glowworm beetles.


cantharid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Cantharidae.


cerophytid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Cerophytidae.


drilid

(zoology) Any beetle in the family Drilidae, now considered to be the elaterid tribe Drilini.


elaterid

(zoology) Any member of the family Elateridae of click beetles.


lycid

For an instant I thought it was a lycid, but it moved characteristically like a longhorned beetle, and I quickly realized that I had collected Elytroleptus floridanus—a quite rare southeastern U.S. species that I have only seen once before when I reared a single individual from dead oak that I collected in the Missouri bootheel (and representing a new state record).

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:


Cantharidae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – soldier beetles.


leatherwing

From leather + wing, from the wing texture.


cebrionine

(entomology, rare) Of or relating to the Cebrioninae, a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae.


vaga-lume

vagar (“to wander”) + lume (“light”). Compare Galician vagalume.

"Pesa-me esta brilhante auréola de nume… / Enfara-me esta luz e desmedida umbela… / Por que não nasci eu um simples vaga-lume?"…

1880, Machado de Assis, “Círculo Vicioso”, in Ocidentais:


светулка

bg-noun

свету́лка • (svetúlka) f (diminutive свету́лчица)

свету́лка (canonical)
svetúlka (romanization)
свету́лчица (diminutive)
свету́лка (indefinite singular)
свету́лки (indefinite plural)
свету́лката (definite singular)
свету́лките (definite plural)
свету́лко (singular vocative)
свету́лки (plural vocative)

bg-ndecl

свету́лка<(v)>

Audio

firefly, firebug, lampyrid (beetle of the Lampyridae family, known for their bioluminescence)


светулка

mk-noun

светулка • (svetulka) f (plural светулки, diminutive светулче)

svetulka (romanization)
светулки (plural)
светулче (diminutive)
светулка (indefinite singular)
светулки (indefinite plural)
светулката (definite singular unspecified)
светулките (definite plural unspecified)
светулкава (definite proximal singular)
светулкиве (definite plural proximal)
светулкана (definite distal singular)
светулкине (definite distal plural)
светулке (singular vocative)
светулки (plural vocative)


notopod

(entomology) An elaterid; a click beetle.


đom đóm

[ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˧˦]

[ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˧˥]

[ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˥]

Reduplication of đóm. Compare bươm bướm (“butterfly”) < bướm, nhền nhện (“spider”) < nhện.
Unlike the mentioned cases, the root *đóm is not in use as a free morpheme.


cocuyo

→ Translingual: Cucujus

(Cuba, Dominican Republic) a bioluminescent click beetle of the genus Pyrophorus


หิ่งห้อย

th-noun

หิ่งห้อย • (hìng-hɔ̂i)

Uncertain. Compare Shan ႁိင်ႇႁွႆႈ (hìng hāui); Mandarin 螢火 /萤火 (yínghuǒ); Lao ຫິ່ງຫ້ອຍ, ຫິ່ງຫ້ອຽ, Tày hinh hỏi.

cog

Lao ຫິ່ງຫ້ອຍ

หิ่งห้อยถือกำเนิดในจีนและญี่ปุ่นซึ่งมีผู้มาขอให้ข้าพเจ้าจารึกข้อคิดให้เสมอบนแผ่นพัดและผืนไหม

2011, รพินทรนาถ ฐากูร, หิ่งห้อย, ผีเสื้อ, →ISBN, page 17:

Fireflies had their origin in China and Japan where thoughts were very often claimed from me in my handwriting on fans and pieces of silk.

hìng-hɔ̂i tʉ̌ʉ-gam-nə̂ət nai jiin lɛ́ yîi-bpùn sʉ̂ng mii pûu maa kɔ̌ɔ-hâi kâa-pá-jâao jaa-rʉ́k kɔ̂ɔ-kít hâi sà-mə̌ə bon pɛ̀n pát lɛ́ pʉ̌ʉn mǎi

2008, ประกาศิต ศิริวนา, "หิ่งห้อยน้อย", in รวมบทกวีนิพนธ์จากหมออนามัย หิ่งห้อย: ร้อยเรียงจากใจคนทํางานเพื่อสุขภาพของชาวชนบทไทย, โครงการวารสารหมออนามัย, page 7:
ฉันอยากเห็นเธอเป็นหิ่งห้อยตัวนั้น ผู้เชื่อมั่นในแสงตนทุกหนแห่ง แต่เวลาเปลี่ยนไปเธอเปลี่ยนแปลง เป็นแมลงปีกแข็งธรรมดา
chǎn yàak hěn təə bpen hìng-hɔ̂i dtuua nán · pûu chʉ̂ʉa-mân nai sɛ̌ɛng dton túk hǒn-hɛ̀ng · dtɛ̀ɛ wlao bplìian bpai təə bplìian-bplɛɛng · bpen má-lɛɛng-bpìik-kɛ̌ng tam-má-daa
I had always wanted you to be like that firefly, who confided in its own light wherever it flew. But as time went by, you just changed — changed into an ordinary beetle.

หิ่งห้อยนับร้อยนับพัน ส่องแสงระยิบระยับกัน สว่างไสวไปทั้งต้นลำพู

2003, ประภาส ชลศรานนท์, นิทานหิ่งห้อย:

Fireflies as many as hundreds or thousands emit glittering lights, illuminating the entire mangrove apple tree.

hìng-hɔ̂i náp rɔ́ɔi náp pan · sɔ̀ng sɛ̌ɛng rá-yíp-rá-yáp gan · sà-wàang-sà-wǎi bpai táng dtôn lam-puu

โคลงโลกนิติ:
อย่าหมิ่นของเล็กนั้น สี่สถาน เล็กพริกพระกุมาร จีดจ้อย งูเล็กเท่าสายพาน พิษยิ่ง ไฟเล็กเท่าหิ่งห้อย อย่าได้ดูแคลน
yàa mìn kɔ̌ɔng lék nán · sìi sà-tǎan · lék prík prá-gù-maan · jìit jɔ̂i · nguu lék tâo sǎai-paan · pĺt yîng · fai lék tâo hìng-hɔ̂i · yàa dâai duu-klɛɛn
There are four types of little things that should not be belittled: a small pepper; a little child; a venomous serpent, though as tiny as a serpentine belt; and a light, though as tiny as a firefly. Belittle them not.


Elateridae

A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – click beetles.

Alaus

Anischiinae, Aplastinae, Cebrioninae, Denticollinae, Dicronychinae, Hypnoidinae, Melanotinae, Prosterninae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae, ThylacosterninaeThylacosterninae - Campyloxeninae – Eudicronychinae – Semiotinae – Sinopyrophorinae – other subfamilies


អំពិលអំពែក

km-noun

អំពិលអំពែក • (ʼampɨl ʼɑmpɛɛk)


Cantharis

From Ancient Greek κανθαρίς (kantharís, “Spanish fly”).

der

A taxonomic genus within the family Cantharidae – soldier beetles.


throscid

Throscids resemble very small and stout click beetles (Elateridae) with rigid bodies.

2014, Arthur V. Evans, Beetles of Eastern North America:

(zoology) Any beetle of the family Throscidae.


जुगनू

hi-noun

जुगनू • (jugnū) m (Urdu spelling جُگْنُو)

jugnū (romanization)
جُگْنُو (Urdu)
जुगनू (direct singular)
जुगनू (direct plural)
जुगनू (oblique singular)
जुगनुओं (oblique plural)
जुगनू (singular vocative)
जुगनुओ (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa). Cognate with Maithili जोगनी (jōgᵊnī). Doublet of ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ).

inh

ज्योतिरिङ्गण


alitaptap

alitaptáp (canonical)
ᜀᜎᜒᜆᜉ᜔ᜆᜉ᜔ (Baybayin)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qali-pətpət, from *pət-pət with metathesis.


kelip-kelip

ms-noun

kelip-kelip (Jawi spelling کليڤ٢, plural kelip-kelip-kelip-kelip, informal 1st possessive kelip-kelipku, 2nd possessive kelip-kelipmu, 3rd possessive kelip-kelipnya)

کليڤ٢ (Jawi)
kelip-kelip -kelip-kelip (plural)
kelip-kelip ku (first-person informal possessive)
kelip-kelip mu (possessive second-person)
kelip-kelip nya (possessive third-person)


szentjánosbogár

szentjánosbogarak (plural)
szentjánosbogár (nominative singular)
szentjánosbogarak (nominative plural)
szentjánosbogarat (accusative singular)
szentjánosbogarakat (accusative plural)
szentjánosbogárnak (dative singular)
szentjánosbogaraknak (dative plural)
szentjánosbogárral (instrumental singular)
szentjánosbogarakkal (instrumental plural)
szentjánosbogárért (causal-final singular)
szentjánosbogarakért (causal-final plural)
szentjánosbogárrá (singular translative)
szentjánosbogarakká (plural translative)
szentjánosbogárig (singular terminative)
szentjánosbogarakig (plural terminative)
szentjánosbogárként (essive-formal singular)
szentjánosbogarakként (essive-formal plural)
szentjánosbogárban (inessive singular)
szentjánosbogarakban (inessive plural)
szentjánosbogáron (singular superessive)
szentjánosbogarakon (plural superessive)
szentjánosbogárnál (adessive singular)
szentjánosbogaraknál (adessive plural)
szentjánosbogárba (illative singular)
szentjánosbogarakba (illative plural)
szentjánosbogárra (singular sublative)
szentjánosbogarakra (plural sublative)
szentjánosbogárhoz (allative singular)
szentjánosbogarakhoz (allative plural)
szentjánosbogárból (elative singular)
szentjánosbogarakból (elative plural)
szentjánosbogárról (delative singular)
szentjánosbogarakról (delative plural)
szentjánosbogártól (ablative singular)
szentjánosbogaraktól (ablative plural)
szentjánosbogáré (singular)
szentjánosbogaraké (plural)
szentjánosbogáréi (singular)
szentjánosbogarakéi (plural)
szentjánosbogaram (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
szentjánosbogaraim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
szentjánosbogarad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
szentjánosbogaraid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
szentjánosbogara (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
szentjánosbogarai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
szentjánosbogarunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
szentjánosbogaraink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
szentjánosbogaratok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
szentjánosbogaraitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
szentjánosbogaruk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
szentjánosbogaraik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(Keresztelő) Szent János (“John the Baptist”) + bogár (“beetle”). Compare Estonian jaanimardikas and German Johanniskäfer.


mouche à feu

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mouche à feu.wav

Possibly a calque of English firefly, but the evidence is not clear.

(Louisiana)


גחלילית

he-noun

גַּחְלִילִית

גַּחְלִילִיּוֹת

גַּחְלִילִית • (gakhlilít) f (plural indefinite גַּחְלִילִיּוֹת)

גַּחְלִילִית (canonical)
gakhlilít (romanization)
גַּחְלִילִיּוֹת (indefinite plural)


lluerna

Inherited from Old Catalan [Term?], from Latin lucerna. Compare Occitan lusèrna.

skylight (a window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling)


leptolycine

Any beetle of the subfamily Leptolycinae


hairy click beetle

en-noun

hairy click beetle (plural hairy click beetles)


net-winged beetle

net-winged beetle (plural net-winged beetles)


jaanimardikas

head

jaanimardikas (genitive jaanimardika, partitive jaanimardikat)

jaanimardika (genitive)
jaanimardikat (partitive)
jaanimardikas (nominative singular)
jaanimardikad (nominative plural)
jaanimardikas (accusative nominative singular)
jaanimardikad (accusative nominative plural)
jaanimardika (accusative genitive singular)
jaanimardikad (accusative genitive plural)
jaanimardika (genitive singular)
jaanimardikate (genitive plural)
jaanimardikat (partitive singular)
jaanimardikaid (partitive plural)
jaanimardikasse (illative singular)
jaanimardikatesse (illative plural)
jaanimardikaisse (illative plural)
jaanimardikas (inessive singular)
jaanimardikates (inessive plural)
jaanimardikais (inessive plural)
jaanimardikast (elative singular)
jaanimardikatest (elative plural)
jaanimardikaist (elative plural)
jaanimardikale (allative singular)
jaanimardikatele (allative plural)
jaanimardikaile (allative plural)
jaanimardikal (adessive singular)
jaanimardikatel (adessive plural)
jaanimardikail (adessive plural)
jaanimardikalt (ablative singular)
jaanimardikatelt (ablative plural)
jaanimardikailt (ablative plural)
jaanimardikaks (singular translative)
jaanimardikateks (plural translative)
jaanimardikaiks (plural translative)
jaanimardikani (singular terminative)
jaanimardikateni (plural terminative)
jaanimardikana (essive singular)
jaanimardikatena (essive plural)
jaanimardikata (abessive singular)
jaanimardikateta (abessive plural)
jaanimardikaga (comitative singular)
jaanimardikatega (comitative plural)

From Jaan (“John”) + mardikas (“beetle”). Compare German Johanniskäfer and Hungarian szentjánosbogár.


świetlik

świetlik (nominative singular)
świetliki (nominative plural)
świetlika (genitive singular)
świetlików (genitive plural)
świetlikowi (dative singular)
świetlikom (dative plural)
świetlika (accusative singular)
świetliki (accusative plural)
świetlikiem (instrumental singular)
świetlikami (instrumental plural)
świetliku (locative singular)
świetlikach (locative plural)
świetliku (singular vocative)
świetliki (plural vocative)

świetlik świętojański

firefly, glowworm (beetle of the genus Lampyris)

lanternfish, myctophid; any of various fish of the family Myctophidae, particularly:

Myctophum punctatum
Wikispecies:Myctophum punctatum

spotted lanternfish (Myctophum punctatum)


świetlik

świetlik (nominative singular)
świetliki (nominative plural)
świetlika (genitive singular)
świetlików (genitive plural)
świetlikowi (dative singular)
świetlikom (dative plural)
świetlik (accusative singular)
świetliki (accusative plural)
świetlikiem (instrumental singular)
świetlikami (instrumental plural)
świetliku (locative singular)
świetlikach (locative plural)
świetliku (singular vocative)
świetliki (plural vocative)

eyebright (any plant of the genus Euphrasia)


cantharoid

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Cantharoidea</i>

Any member of the former superfamily Cantharoidea (now Elateroidea) of beetles.


cebrionid

Any click beetle of the subfamily Cebrioninae


elateroid

Any beetle of the superfamily Elateroidea


protagrypnine

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Protagrypninae</i>

Any extinct click beetle of the subfamily †Protagrypninae


cyfarwydd

cy-noun

cyfarwydd m or f by sense (plural cyfarwyddiaid or cyfarwyddion)

cyfarwyddiaid (plural)
cyfarwyddion (plural)
cyfarwydd
gyfarwydd (soft)
nghyfarwydd
chyfarwydd

From cyf- + arwydd. Cognate with Old Irish comartha (“sign, mark, symbol”).


peenie wallie

jam-noun

peenie wallie (plural peenie wallie dem, quantified peenie wallie)

peenie wallie dem (plural)
peenie wallie (quantified)

/ˈpiːnɪ ˈwɑːlɪ/

What a way di peenie wallie dem pretty a night time.

It's so lovely to see the fireflies at night.

“Den now, when night come, everybaddy bungle up pon de porch inna di darkness. Wid peenie wallie a flash like when matches hard fe light. […]”

2010, Jennifer M. Keane-Dawes, Dear Jamaica: Expressions of Indigenous Knowledge (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 9:

And so, when it got dark, everyone huddled together on the porch in the darkness, with fireflies blinking like a match which you're having trouble lighting. […]

A firefly. A nocturnal beetle that emits a flashing light.


खद्योत

hi-noun

खद्योत • (khadyot) m (Urdu spelling کَھدْیوت)

khadyot (romanization)
کَھدْیوت (Urdu)
खद्योत (direct singular)
खद्योत (direct plural)
खद्योत (oblique singular)
खद्योतों (oblique plural)
खद्योत (singular vocative)
खद्योतो (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खद्योत (khádyota).


کھدیوت

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کَھدْیوت • (khadyot) m (Hindi spelling खद्योत)

کَھدْیوت (canonical)
khadyot (romanization)
खद्योत (Hindi)
کَھدْیوت (direct singular)
کَھدْیوت (direct plural)
کَھدْیوت (oblique singular)
کَھدْیوتوں (oblique plural)
کَھدْیوت (singular vocative)
کَھدْیوتو (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खद्योत (khadyota).


جگنو

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جُگْنُو • (jugnū) m (Hindi spelling जुगनू)

جُگْنُو (canonical)
jugnū (romanization)
जुगनू (Hindi)
جُگْنُو (direct singular)
جُگْنُو (direct plural)
جُگْنُو (oblique singular)
جُگْنُووں (oblique plural)
جُگْنُو (singular vocative)
جُگْنُوو (plural vocative)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa). Cognate with Maithili जोगनी (jōgᵊnī).

inh

ज्योतिरिङ्गण


Johanniskäfer

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Johanniskäfer m (strong, genitive Johanniskäfers, plural Johanniskäfer)

Johanniskäfers (genitive)
Johanniskäfer (plural)
Johanniskäfer (nominative singular)
Johanniskäfer (definite nominative plural)
Johanniskäfers (genitive singular)
Johanniskäfer (definite genitive plural)
Johanniskäfer (dative singular)
Johanniskäfern (dative definite plural)
Johanniskäfer (accusative singular)
Johanniskäfer (accusative definite plural)

From Johannis + Käfer. Compare Estonian jaanimardikas and Hungarian szentjánosbogár.


ज्योतिरिंगण

hi-noun

ज्योतिरिंगण • (jyotiriṅgaṇ) m

jyotiriṅgaṇ (romanization)
ज्योतिरिंगण (direct singular)
ज्योतिरिंगण (direct plural)
ज्योतिरिंगण (oblique singular)
ज्योतिरिंगणों (oblique plural)
ज्योतिरिंगण (singular vocative)
ज्योतिरिंगणो (plural vocative)

/d͡ʒjoː.t̪ɪ.ɾɪŋ.ɡəɳ/

[d͡ʒjoː.t̪ɪ.ɾɪ̃ŋ.ɡɐ̃ɳ]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa). Doublet of जुगनू (jugnū).

lbor

ज्योतिरिङ्गण


ज्योतिरिङ्गण

jyotiriṅgaṇa (romanization)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणः (nominative singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ (dual nominative)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः (nominative plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गण (singular vocative)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ (dual vocative)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाः (plural vocative)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणम् (accusative singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणौ (accusative dual)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणान् (accusative plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणेन (instrumental singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणैः (instrumental plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाय (dative singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् (dative dual)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः (dative plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणात् (ablative singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणेभ्यः (ablative plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणस्य (genitive singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः (dual genitive)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणानाम् (genitive plural)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणे (locative singular)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणयोः (dual locative)
ज्योतिरिङ्गणेषु (locative plural)

Prakrit: 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa)

Maithili: जोगनी (jōgᵊnī)

Hindustani: jugnū

Hindi: जुगनू

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Urdu: جُگْنُو

Urdu: جُگْنُو

→ Hindi: ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ) (learned)

/d͡ʑjoː.t̪iˈɾiŋ.ɡɐ.ɳɐ/

Compound of ज्योतिर् (jyotir, “light”) + इङ्गन (iṅgana, “moving, shaking”), literally “moving light”.


полски ковач

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по́лски кова́ч

по́лски кова́ч • (pólski kováč) m

по́лски кова́ч (canonical)
pólski kováč (romanization)
по́лски кова́ч (indefinite singular)
по́лски кова́чи (indefinite plural)
по́лският кова́ч (definite singular subjective)
по́лските кова́чи (definite plural subjective)
по́лския кова́ч (definite objective singular)
по́лските кова́чи (definite objective plural)
по́лски кова́ча (count-form plural)
по́лски кова́чо (singular vocative)
по́лский кова́чо (archaic singular vocative)
по́лски кова́чи (plural vocative)

bg-ndecl

по́лски<#> кова́ч<(v)>

по́лски (pólski, “fieldish”) + кова́ч (kováč, “smith”)

compound

click beetle, elaterid (bettle of family Elateridae)


glow fly

So shines the glow-fly, when the sun retires, / And gems the night-air with phosphoric fires […].

1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 137:


świeciuch

świeciuch (nominative singular)
świeciuchy (nominative plural)
świeciucha (genitive singular)
świeciuchów (genitive plural)
świeciuchowi (dative singular)
świeciuchom (dative plural)
świeciucha (accusative singular)
świeciuchy (accusative plural)
świeciuchem (instrumental singular)
świeciuchami (instrumental plural)
świeciuchu (locative singular)
świeciuchach (locative plural)
świeciuchu (singular vocative)
świeciuchy (plural vocative)

Phosphaenus hemipterus
Wikispecies:Phosphaenus hemipterus

short-winged firefly, lesser glowworm (Phosphaenus hemipterus)


𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡

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<i class="Deva mention" lang="pra">जोइंगण</i>

joiṃgaṇa (romanization)
जोइंगण (Devanagari)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁄 (nominative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸 (nominative plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀁 (accusative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂 (accusative plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸 (accusative plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀡 (instrumental singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (instrumental singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (instrumental plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (instrumental plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀅 (dative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀑 (ablative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀉 (ablative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸 (ablative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ablative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ablative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (genitive singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀡 (genitive plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (genitive plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (locative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂 (locative singular)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (locative plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (locative plural)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (singular vocative)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸 (singular vocative)
𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡𑀸 (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa).

inh

ज्योतिरिङ्गण

inh+

ज्योतिरिङ्गण


𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀅

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<i class="Deva mention" lang="pra">खज्जोअ</i>

khajjoa (romanization)
खज्जोअ (Devanagari)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀑 (nominative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆 (nominative plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀁 (accusative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏 (accusative plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆 (accusative plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀡 (instrumental singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀡𑀁 (instrumental singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺 (instrumental plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (instrumental plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀅 (dative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀑 (ablative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀉 (ablative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆 (ablative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺 (ablative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ablative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (genitive singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀡 (genitive plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆𑀡𑀁 (genitive plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (locative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏 (locative singular)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼 (locative plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (locative plural)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀅 (singular vocative)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆 (singular vocative)
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀆 (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sanskrit खद्योत (khadyota).


khajjopanaka

khajjopanako (nominative singular)
khajjopanakā (nominative plural)
khajjopanakaṃ (accusative singular)
khajjopanake (accusative plural)
khajjopanakena (instrumental singular)
khajjopanakehi (instrumental plural)
khajjopanakebhi (instrumental plural)
khajjopanakassa (dative singular)
khajjopanakāya (dative singular)
khajjopanakatthaṃ (dative singular)
khajjopanakānaṃ (dative plural)
khajjopanakasmā (ablative singular)
khajjopanakamhā (ablative singular)
khajjopanakā (ablative singular)
khajjopanakehi (ablative plural)
khajjopanakebhi (ablative plural)
khajjopanakassa (genitive singular)
khajjopanakānaṃ (genitive plural)
khajjopanakasmiṃ (locative singular)
khajjopanakamhi (locative singular)
khajjopanake (locative singular)
khajjopanakesu (locative plural)
khajjopanaka (singular vocative)
khajjopanakā (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sanskrit ख (kha, “sky; emptiness”) + *द्योपन (dyopana) (compare द्योतन (dyotana, “shining, illuminating”)) + -क (-ka); compare खद्योत (khadyota).


tobacco wireworm

en-noun

tobacco wireworm (plural tobacco wireworms)

The larva of Monocrepidius vespertinus, a species of click beetle.


개똥벌레

[ˈkɛ(ː)t͈o̞ŋbʌ̹ɭɭe̞]

[ˈke̞(ː)t͈o̞ŋbʌ̹ɭɭe̞]


omomiłek

omomiłek (nominative singular)
omomiłki (nominative plural)
omomiłka (genitive singular)
omomiłków (genitive plural)
omomiłkowi (dative singular)
omomiłkom (dative plural)
omomiłka (accusative singular)
omomiłki (accusative plural)
omomiłkiem (instrumental singular)
omomiłkami (instrumental plural)
omomiłku (locative singular)
omomiłkach (locative plural)
omomiłku (singular vocative)
omomiłki (plural vocative)


lysmask

lysmask (indefinite nominative singular)
lysmasks (genitive indefinite singular)
lysmasken (definite nominative singular)
lysmaskens (definite genitive singular)
lysmaskar (indefinite nominative plural)
lysmaskars (genitive indefinite plural)
lysmaskarna (definite nominative plural)
lysmaskarnas (definite genitive plural)

any firefly of the subfamily Lampyrinae, especially the common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) and lesser glow-worm (Phosphaenus hemipterus), which are the only species of firefly native to Sweden


ateş böceği

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ateş böceği (definite accusative ateş böceğini, plural ateş böcekleri)

ateş böceğini (accusative definite)
ateş böcekleri (plural)
ateş böceği (nominative singular)
ateş böcekleri (nominative plural)
ateş böceğini (accusative definite singular)
ateş böceklerini (accusative definite plural)
ateş böceğine (dative singular)
ateş böceklerine (dative plural)
ateş böceğinde (locative singular)
ateş böceklerinde (locative plural)
ateş böceğinden (ablative singular)
ateş böceklerinden (ablative plural)
ateş böceğinin (genitive singular)
ateş böceklerinin (genitive plural)
ateş böceğim (first-person nominative singular)
ateş böceklerim (first-person nominative singular)
ateş böceğin (nominative second-person singular)
ateş böceklerin (nominative second-person singular)
ateş böceği (nominative singular third-person)
ateş böcekleri (nominative singular third-person)
ateş böceğimiz (first-person nominative plural)
ateş böceklerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
ateş böceğiniz (nominative plural second-person)
ateş böcekleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
ateş böcekleri (nominative plural third-person)
ateş böceğimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
ateş böceklerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
ateş böceğini (accusative definite second-person singular)
ateş böceklerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
ateş böceğini (accusative definite singular third-person)
ateş böceklerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
ateş böceğimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
ateş böceklerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
ateş böceğinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
ateş böceklerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
ateş böceğime (dative first-person singular)
ateş böceklerime (dative first-person singular)
ateş böceğine (dative second-person singular)
ateş böceklerine (dative second-person singular)
ateş böceğine (dative singular third-person)
ateş böceklerine (dative singular third-person)
ateş böceğimize (dative first-person plural)
ateş böceklerimize (dative first-person plural)
ateş böceğinize (dative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinize (dative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerine (dative plural third-person)
ateş böceğimde (first-person locative singular)
ateş böceklerimde (first-person locative singular)
ateş böceğinde (locative second-person singular)
ateş böceklerinde (locative second-person singular)
ateş böceğinde (locative singular third-person)
ateş böceklerinde (locative singular third-person)
ateş böceğimizde (first-person locative plural)
ateş böceklerimizde (first-person locative plural)
ateş böceğinizde (locative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinizde (locative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinde (locative plural third-person)
ateş böceğimden (ablative first-person singular)
ateş böceklerimden (ablative first-person singular)
ateş böceğinden (ablative second-person singular)
ateş böceklerinden (ablative second-person singular)
ateş böceğinden (ablative singular third-person)
ateş böceklerinden (ablative singular third-person)
ateş böceğimizden (ablative first-person plural)
ateş böceklerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
ateş böceğinizden (ablative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinden (ablative plural third-person)
ateş böceğimin (first-person genitive singular)
ateş böceklerimin (first-person genitive singular)
ateş böceğinin (genitive second-person singular)
ateş böceklerinin (genitive second-person singular)
ateş böceğinin (genitive singular third-person)
ateş böceklerinin (genitive singular third-person)
ateş böceğimizin (first-person genitive plural)
ateş böceklerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
ateş böceğinizin (genitive plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
ateş böceklerinin (genitive plural third-person)
ateş böceğiyim (first-person singular)
ateş böcekleriyim (first-person singular)
ateş böceğisin (second-person singular)
ateş böceklerisin (second-person singular)
ateş böceği (singular third-person)
ateş böcekleri (singular third-person)
ateş böceğiyiz (first-person plural)
ateş böcekleriyiz (first-person plural)
ateş böceğisiniz (plural second-person)
ateş böceklerisiniz (plural second-person)
ateş böcekleri (plural third-person)

a‧teş‧bö‧ce‧ği

Compound of ateş (“fire”) + böcek (“insect”).


জোনাকি

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জোনাকি • (jōnaki)

Compound of জোনাক (jōnak) + -ই (-i, adjectival suffix), originally denoting something related to moonlight, from Prakrit *𑀚𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*jŏnhākka), from 𑀚𑁄𑀦𑁆𑀳𑀸 (jŏnhā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit জ্যোৎস্না (jyotsnā, “moonlight; splendour”), a very early Prakritized form of দ্যোৎস্না (dyotsnā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyawtsnaH, from Proto-Indo-European *dyowtsneh₂, from *dyew- (“to be bright”) + *-t (extension) + *-sneh₂ (nominal suffix). Doublet of জুনি (juni) and জ্যোৎস্না (jōtsna).


Elater

Borrowed from New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλᾰτήρ (elătḗr, “driver, one who drives”).

bor

A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – certain click beetles.


ковалик

uk-noun

кова́лик<anml>

кова́лик • (kovályk) m animal (genitive кова́лика, nominative plural кова́лики, genitive plural кова́ликів)

кова́лик (canonical)
kovályk (romanization)
кова́лика (genitive)
кова́лики (nominative plural)
кова́ликів (genitive plural)
кова́лик (nominative singular)
кова́лики (nominative plural)
кова́лика (genitive singular)
кова́ликів (genitive plural)
кова́ликові (dative singular)
кова́лику (dative singular)
кова́ликам (dative plural)
кова́лика (accusative singular)
кова́лики (accusative plural)
кова́ликів (accusative plural)
кова́ликом (instrumental singular)
кова́ликами (instrumental plural)
кова́ликові (locative singular)
кова́лику (locative singular)
кова́ликах (locative plural)
кова́лику (singular vocative)
кова́лики (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

кова́лик<anml>


snapping beetle

en-noun

snapping beetle (plural snapping beetles)


trilobite beetle

trilobite beetle (plural trilobite beetles)


fayaworon

Compound of faya (“fire”) + woron (“worm”).


luz-em-cu

Compound of luz (“light”) + em (“in”) + cu (“ass”).

Agora todos os pensamentos são amargos sob os ímpetos malcontidos. Nem um luz-em-cu atravessa o quarto.

1995, Lídia Jorge, O dia dos prodígios, Leya, →ISBN, page 51:

Now all thoughts are bitter under the barely restrained impulses. Not even a firefly crosses the room.


Alaus oculatus

Alaus m + Latin oculātus m (“eyed; having eye(s)”), literally “eyed Alaus”, as the species is notable for the large false eyes on its thorax. Originally named Elater oculatus, later transferred into the genus Alaus.

com

A taxonomic species within the family Elateridae – eastern eyed click beetle or eyed elater, known for the large false eyes on its thorax.


Cardiophorus

cardio- (“heart”, from Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ f (kărdĭ́ā)) + -phorus m (“-bearing”, from Ancient Greek -φόρος m (-phóros))

affix

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Cardiophorinae – certain click beetles.


bétaille à feu

fr-noun

bétaille à feu f (plural bétailles à feu)


Abelater

A taxonomic genus within the family Elateridae – a few click beetles.


Pyropterus

pyro- (“fire”) + -pterus (“wing”), for the color of this genus's elytra.

net-winged beetles
net-winged beetle#English

A taxonomic genus within the family Lycidae – certain net-winged beetles.


આગિયો

head

આગિયો • (āgiyo) m

gu-noun

આગિયો • (āgiyo) m

āgiyo (romanization)
આગિયો (nominative singular)
આગિયા (nominative plural)
આગિયાઓ (nominative plural)
આગિયા (oblique singular)
આગિયાઓ (oblique plural)
આગિયા (singular vocative)
આગિયાઓ (plural vocative)
આગિયે (instrumental singular)
આગિયાએ (instrumental plural)
આગિયે (locative singular)
આગિયે (locative plural)


Schnellkäfer

de-noun

Schnellkäfer m (strong, genitive Schnellkäfers, plural Schnellkäfer)

Schnellkäfers (genitive)
Schnellkäfer (plural)
Schnellkäfer (nominative singular)
Schnellkäfern (definite nominative plural)
Schnellkäfer (genitive singular)
Schnellkäfern (definite genitive plural)
Schnellkäfer (dative singular)
Schnellkäfern (dative definite plural)
Schnellkäfer (accusative singular)
Schnellkäfern (accusative definite plural)

schnellen (“to spring”, verb) + Käfer (“beetle”)


Synaptus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῠνᾰπτός (sŭnăptós, “contiguous”).


gagaluna

Borrowed from Portuguese vaga-lume or caga-lume.