The Functioning of the Word-Combinations with the Firebird Component in Modern Russian

The firebird, a fairy-tale character in Slavic mythology, has at tracted the attention of Russian people since ancient times. The image of the firebird is associated with the search for happiness and a better life, which brings it together with the bluebird, created in Western European culture. Over time, the word fi rebird acquired a symbolic meaning, which is fixed in various dictionaries of the Russian language. Combined with other lexical units, the noun firebird has become a component of a number of word-com binations, such as ловить/поймать жар-птицу, поймать за хвост жар-птицу, найти перо жар-птицы, жар-птица удачи. All these fixed expressions convey fi gurative meanings that go back to one idea — to find happiness and good luck. In fixed expressions with the substantive fi rebird, the cohesion of the verbal and nominal components is relatively free. It allows for individual variations associated with the expansion of the composition of the expression, the replacement of the verb and the choice of its supplementary form. In literary and journalistic texts, the phenomenon of literalization and contamination of fixed expressions is also noted. Thus, the author's usage of the fixed word-combinations proves the timeless significance of the image of the firebird in Russian culture.

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image of the fi rebird in fairytales, phraseology, phraseological units with a fi rebird component, transformation of phraseological units

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GOST	Petrov A., Vinogradova E. The Functioning of the Word-Combinations with the Firebird Component in Modern Russian // Russkaya Rech’ – 2021. – Issue 3 C. 83-90 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/rusrech/s013161170015455-9-1-en (circulation date: 27.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013161170015455-9
MLA	Petrov, Alexander V, Vinogradova, Ekaterina V "The Functioning of the Word-Combinations with the Firebird Component in Modern Russian." Russkaya Rech’ 3 (2021):83-90. DOI: 10.31857/S013161170015455-9
APA	Petrov A., Vinogradova E. (2021). The Functioning of the Word-Combinations with the Firebird Component in Modern Russian. Russkaya Rech’ (3), pp.83-90 DOI: 10.31857/S013161170015455-9

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