жучо́к
- 1.
little beetle, small bug
По листу полз ма́ленький жучо́к.
A little beetle was crawling along the leaf.
Diminutive of жук; animate (accusative = genitive: жучка).
- 2.
bug (listening device), wiretap
В телефо́не нашли жучо́к.
They found a bug in the phone.
Inanimate (accusative = nominative: жучок).
- 3.
(rare) home-made fuse, fuse bypasselectrical-engineering
Вме́сто предохрани́теля он поста́вил жучо́к.
Instead of a proper fuse he put in a home-made one.
Colloquial; inanimate.
Examples
Он поставил самодельный жучок вместо пробки.
He installed a homemade fuse instead of the regular one.
Продырявленный жучками лист упал с дерева.
The leaf, riddled with insect holes, fell from the tree.
Жучок прогрызается сквозь толстую кору.
The beetle is gnawing its way through the thick bark.
Declension
⚠️ Stress change.
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | жучо́к | жучки́ |
| Gen.Genitive | жучка́ | жучко́в |
| Dat.Dative | жучку́ | жучка́м |
| Acc.Accusative | жучка́ | жучко́в |
| Inst.Instrumental | жучко́м | жучка́ми |
| Prep.Prepositional | жучке́ | жучка́х |
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