бирка

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See also: birka and birkā

Russian

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Бирка на ухе овцы

Etymology

Unclear. There are several hypotheses: a borrowing from a North Germanic word for birch, compare to Danish birk, Norwegian bjerk; a Turkic borrowing, compare to Turkish bir + iki (“one + two”); or a derivation from Old East Slavic събьрати (sŭbĭrati, “to assemble”) (modern Russian собира́ть (sobirátʹ)), from Proto-Slavic *bьrati (“to take”).

Pronunciation

Noun

би́рка • (bírka) f inan (genitive би́рки, nominative plural би́рки, genitive plural би́рок)

  1. nameplate, label, tag
    Synonym: ярлы́к (jarlýk)
  2. (historical) tally stick (notched piece of wood used for keeping an account)

Declension

Declension of би́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative би́рка
bírka 		би́рки
bírki
genitive би́рки
bírki 		би́рок
bírok
dative би́рке
bírke 		би́ркам
bírkam
accusative би́рку
bírku 		би́рки
bírki
instrumental би́ркой, би́ркою
bírkoj, bírkoju 		би́рками
bírkami
prepositional би́рке
bírke 		би́рках
bírkax

Descendants

  • → Finnish: pirkka

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бирка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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