каліка

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian калѣка (kalěka), from Ottoman Turkish قالیق (qalyq).

калі́ка • (kalíka) m pers or f pers (genitive калі́ки, nominative plural калі́ки, genitive plural калі́к, relational adjective калі́цький, diminutive калі́чка)

1. cripple

   Synonyms: інвалі́д (invalíd), непрацезда́тний (nepracezdátnyj), ка́ліч (kálič), кульга́ (kulʹhá)

Uncertain. Possibly from Old East Slavic калига (kaliga, “pilgrim's footwear”), from Byzantine Greek καλίγα (kalíga), from Latin caliga. Alternatively, from Turkic, either the same as Etymology 1 or via some Turkic language from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq, “people”).

калі́ка • (kalíka) m pers or f pers (genitive калі́ки, nominative plural калі́ки, genitive plural калі́к, relational adjective калі́цький, diminutive калі́чка)

1. (dated) beggar

   Synonym: жебра́к (žebrák)

2. (archaic) pilgrim

   Synonyms: пало́мник (palómnyk), проча́нин (pročányn)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “каліка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “каліка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “каліка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “каліка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “каліка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)