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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъkťьka. By surface analysis, дочь (dočʹ) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
до́чка • (dóčka) f anim or f inan (genitive до́чки, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чек, diminutive до́ченька or дочу́рка)
- 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.
- (informal) girl, honey (term of address for a young woman)
- (business, informal, inanimate) subsidiary, daughter company
- Synonym: доче́рняя компа́ния (dočérnjaja kompánija)
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dъ̏ťi + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
дочка́ • (dočká) f pers (genitive дочки́, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чок, diminutive до́ця)
- 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)
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