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Russian
Etymology
закали́ть (zakalítʹ, “to temper, to harden”) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
зака́лка • (zakálka) f inan (genitive зака́лки, nominative plural зака́лки, genitive plural зака́лок)
- tempering, hardening
- training (for endurance)
James Joyce Ulysses.1914-1921:
- о́ба, получи́в ра́ннюю дома́шнюю зака́лку и унасле́довав де́рзкую скло́нность к инакомы́слию и противостоя́нию, отверга́ли мно́гие общепри́нятые религио́зные, национа́льные, социа́льные и нра́вственные доктри́ны
- óba, polučív ránnjuju domášnjuju zakálku i unaslédovav dérzkuju sklónnostʹ k inakomýsliju i protivostojániju, otvergáli mnógije obščeprínjatyje religióznyje, nacionálʹnyje, sociálʹnyje i nrávstvennyje doktríny
- both, having received early domestic training and inherited a pert penchant for dissent and opposition, dismissed many among generally accepted religious, national, social and moral doctrines
Declension