дочка

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъkťьka. By surface analysis, дочь (dočʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

до́чка (dóčkaf anim or f inan (genitive до́чки, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чек, diminutive до́ченька or дочу́рка)

  1. diminutive of дочь (dočʹ): (little) daughter
    • 1880, Николай Лесков , “Глава восьмая”, in Несмертельный Голован; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Deathless Golovan, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Купе́ц и жена́ его́ бы́ли в отча́янии, — равноду́шнее всех была́ до́чка, кото́рая не зна́ла, чего́ она́ лиша́лася.
      Kupéc i žená jevó býli v otčájanii, — ravnodúšneje vsex bylá dóčka, kotóraja ne znála, čevó oná lišálasja.
      The merchant and his wife were in despair—the most indifferent of all was the daughter, who didn’t know what she was losing.
  2. (informal) girl, honey (term of address for a young woman)
  3. (business, informal, inanimate) subsidiary, daughter company
    Synonym: доче́рняя компа́ния (dočérnjaja kompánija)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъ̏ťi +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

дочка́ (dočkáf pers (genitive дочки́, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чок, diminutive до́ця)

  1. daughter
    • 1953, Тарас Шевченко, II, 49:
    В тім селі́ вдова́ жила́ / А у вдови́ дочка́ була́ / І син семилі́ток.
    V tim selí vdová žylá / A u vdový dočká bulá / I syn semylítok.
    And in that village lived a widow. And the widow had a daughter, and a seven-year-old son.
    Synonym: до́нька (dónʹka)

Declension

Declension of дочка́
(pers hard fem-form accent-d reduc)
singular plural
nominative дочка́
dočká
до́чки
dóčky
genitive дочки́
dočký
до́чок
dóčok
dative дочці́
dočcí
до́чкам
dóčkam
accusative дочку́
dočkú
до́чок
dóčok
instrumental дочко́ю
dočkóju
до́чками
dóčkamy
locative дочці́
dočcí
до́чках
dóčkax
vocative до́чко
dóčko
до́чки
dóčky

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