mantis, praying mantis
çekim: çoğul Gottesanbeterinnen · tamlayan Gottesanbeterinnen
eş: Fangschrecke
köken: Gott (“God”) + -es- + Anbeterin (“female worshipper”)
mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)
çekim: çoğul mantes
köken: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”).
aile: mante religieuse
green praying mantis
çekim: çoğul campamochas
eş: caballo del diablo, matapiojos, santateresa, tatadiós
mantis
çekim: çoğul mantidi
eş: pregadio
köken: From Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”).
aile: mantide religiosa
praying mantis
köken: From آخوند (âxund, “mullah, cleric”) + ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).
Dawud, a prophet in Islam, equivalent to David (see David in Islam) · a male given name, Dawud, from Arabic
çekim: çoğul дәуіттер · tamlayan дәуіттің
köken: From Arabic دَاوُد (dāwūd), from Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd). Cognate with Turkish Davut, Bashkir Дауыт (Dawıt).
aile: Дәуітқызы, Дәуітұлы
praying mantis
çekim: çoğul cavalinhos-de-deus
έντομο μήκους 5-10 εκατοστών, με τριγωνικό κεφάλι, επιμήκη θώρακα και μεγάλα εμπρόσθια πόδια, τα οποία χρησιμοποιούνται για τη συλληψη των θηραμάτων του. Τρέφεται αποκλειστικά με άλλα μικρά έντομα
a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea) · a skinny person or horse · a fourspine sculpin, a fish of species Cottus kazika.
eş: 鮎掛
köken: Either a compound of 鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + 切り (kiri, “cutting; cutter”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 切る (kiru, “to cut”)), or of 鎌 (kama, “sickle”) + キリ (kiri, onomatopoeia), where the kiri is imitative of the sound made by grasshoppers and katydids, and is found as a common element in the names of several insects of similar size and body shape. Compare 螽斯 (kirigirisu,…
aile: compare English piss in the wind, quixotic, 蟷螂の斧: → a metaphor for a futile endeavor
wart, verruca
eş: 버마재비, 오줌싸개
köken: First attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean 사〯마괴〮 (Yale: sǎmàkwóy).
aile: 사마귀버섯
praying mantis
çekim: çoğul bönsyrsor · tamlayan bönsyrsas
köken: From bön + syrsa.
praying mantis · femme fatale
çekim: çoğul modliszki · tamlayan modliszki
eş: kobieta fatalna, femme fatale
köken: From modlić się + -ka, perhaps a calque of German Gottesanbeterin.
praying mantis
çekim: çoğul rukoilijasirkat · tamlayan rukoilijasirkan
köken: Compound of rukoilija (“prayer”) + sirkka (“cricket”).
mantis (insect)
çekim: çoğul kudlanky · tamlayan kudlanky
köken: Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on Czech kudla (“jack-knife”) due to its similarity to the mantis's forearms.
praying mantis
çekim: çoğul călugărițe · tamlayan călugărițe
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калоугерица (kalugerica). By surface analysis, călugăr (“monk”) + -iță. First attested in 1682.
🔊 Maica Aegidia era cea maĭ fericită d’intre călugărițele de pe țĕrmul stêng al rîuluĭ.
🔊 Între timp, se dovedise că Ioana e o persoană de categoria „călugăriței“, atrăgînd bărbații spre a-i „devora“.
🔊 Pe masă[…]stăteau două borcane mari de farmacie, în care Breton înmagazinase aproape o duzină de călugărițe.
European mantis, praying mantis (Mantis religiosa)
çekim: çoğul imádkozó sáskák
köken: imádkozó (“praying”) + sáska (“locust”)
mantis
köken: bọ (“bug”) + ngựa (“horse”). Compounds for "mantis" that contain "horse" seem to be rather common. Compare the synonym ngựa trời (literally “sky/heavenly horse”), Khmer កណ្ដូបសេះ (kɑɑkɑndoup seh, literally “horse grasshopper”), Chinese 天馬 /天马 (tiānmǎ, literally “sky/heavenly horse”), Taiwanese Hakka 草馬仔 /草马仔 (literally “grass horse”), Zhuang daekmax (literally “horse grasshopper”), Awaji Japanese…
praying mantis
çekim: çoğul bogomólke · tamlayan bogomólke