икорка

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Russian

ико́рка • (ikórka) f inan (genitive ико́рки, nominative plural ико́рки, genitive plural ико́рок)

Etymology

From и́кра (íkra) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

Noun

ико́рка • (ikórka) f inan (genitive ико́рки, nominative plural ико́рки, genitive plural ико́рок)

  1. diminutive of икра́ (ikrá): caviar
    • 1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава восьмая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Закуси́ли снача́ла кое-ка́к, на́черно, балычка́ да ико́рки и сейча́с поблагослови́лись за де́ло, что́бы про́бовать.
      Zakusíli snačála koje-kák, náčerno, balyčká da ikórki i sejčás poblagoslovílisʹ za délo, štóby próbovatʹ.
      We had a little snack to begin with, a bit of sturgeon and caviar, then crossed ourselves and straightaway got down to the business of the tryout.

Declension

Declension of ико́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ико́рка
ikórka 		ико́рки
ikórki
genitive ико́рки
ikórki 		ико́рок
ikórok
dative ико́рке
ikórke 		ико́ркам
ikórkam
accusative ико́рку
ikórku 		ико́рки
ikórki
instrumental ико́ркой, ико́ркою
ikórkoj, ikórkoju 		ико́рками
ikórkami
prepositional ико́рке
ikórke 		ико́рках
ikórkax
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