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Ukrainian
Etymology
From кі́стка (kístka) + -ка (-ka). Compare Russian ко́сточка (kóstočka), Belarusian ко́стачка (kóstačka), Polish kosteczka.
Pronunciation
Noun
кі́сточка • (kístočka) f inan (genitive кі́сточки, nominative plural кісточки́, genitive plural кісточо́к)
- (anatomy) endearing diminutive of кі́стка f (kístka, “bone”)
- ossicle (A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear)
- слухова́ кі́сточка ― sluxová kístočka ― auditory ossicle
- (anatomy) malleolus (bony prominence on each side of the human ankle); (by extension) ankle
- Synonym: щи́колотка f (ščýkolotka)
- (chiefly in the plural) bone (dominoes or dice)
- counting bead (of abacus)
- bone (one of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone)
- (in the plural) bones, boning (the arrangement of bones in a corset)
- (botany) stone, pit, kernel (the central part of some fruits, particularly drupes)
- Synonym: каміне́ць m (kaminécʹ, “stone”)
Declension
Declension of кі́сточка (inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кісточка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “кісточка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “кісточка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 170
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “кісточка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “кісточка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “кісточка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “кісточка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)