калинка
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Червена калинка 
Жълта калинка
Bulgarian
Etymology
From кали́на (kalína, “guelder rose”) + -ка (-ka), probably due to similarity between the typically red elytra of the beetle (although not all ladybugs are red) and the berries of the shrub.
Pronunciation
Noun
кали́нка • (kalínka) f
- ladybird (UK), ladybug (US) (beetle of family Coccinellidae)
- Synonyms: (poetic) божа́ буба́лка (božá bubálka), (dialectal) бубама́ра (bubamára), (dialectal) кукума́ра (kukumára)
Usage notes
Poetically, the insect is often called кали́нка-мали́нка (kalínka-malínka), dialectally ка́ля-ма́ля (kálja-málja), which literally translates as guelder rose berry-raspberry.
Declension
Declension of кали́нка
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кали́нка kalínka |
кали́нки kalínki |
| definite | кали́нката kalínkata |
кали́нките kalínkite |
| vocative form | кали́нке kalínke |
кали́нки kalínki |
References
- “калинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “калинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
From калина (kalina) + -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *kalina.
Pronunciation
Noun
калинка • (kalinka) f (plural калинки)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | калинка (kalinka) | калинки (kalinki) |
| definite unspecified | калинката (kalinkata) | калинките (kalinkite) |
| definite proximal | калинкава (kalinkava) | калинкиве (kalinkive) |
| definite distal | калинкана (kalinkana) | калинкине (kalinkine) |
| vocative | калинко (kalinko) | калинки (kalinki) |
Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
кали́нка • (kalínka) f inan (genitive кали́нки, nominative plural кали́нки, genitive plural кали́нок)
- diminutive of кали́на (kalína)
- Kalinka (Russian folk-style song)
- 1997, Александр Коржаков [Alexander Korzhakov], “За дирижёрским пультом”, in Борис Ельцин: от рассвета до заката, Москва: Интербук; English translation from Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk, (Please provide a date or year):
- Обы́чно исполне́ние «Кали́нки» сопровожда́лось игро́й на ло́жках. Но их, к сча́стью, сего́дня под руко́й не оказа́лось.
- Obýčno ispolnénije «Kalínki» soprovoždálosʹ igrój na lóžkax. No ix, k sčástʹju, sevódnja pod rukój ne okazálosʹ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of кали́нка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | кали́нка kalínka |
кали́нки kalínki |
| genitive | кали́нки kalínki |
кали́нок kalínok |
| dative | кали́нке kalínke |
кали́нкам kalínkam |
| accusative | кали́нку kalínku |
кали́нки kalínki |
| instrumental | кали́нкой, кали́нкою kalínkoj, kalínkoju |
кали́нками kalínkami |
| prepositional | кали́нке kalínke |
кали́нках kalínkax |