кавычка

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Russian

Etymology

кавы́ка (kavýka, breve, hook) +‎ -ка (-ka); according to Chernykh, likely related to dialectal ка́выш (kávyš, duckling), ка́вка (kávka, frog), кавы́кать (kavýkatʹ, to hobble), suggesting the sense development “webbed footprint” → “a hook-like diacritic” → “quotation mark”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

кавы́чка (kavýčkaf inan (genitive кавы́чки, nominative plural кавы́чки, genitive plural кавы́чек)

  1. quotation mark (either or )
    Synonyms: ёлочка (jóločka, «◌»), ла́пка (lápka, „◌“)

Declension