ложка

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Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic лъжька (lŭžĭka), from Proto-Slavic *lъžьka, from *lъga + *-ьka.

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Noun

ло́жка • (lóžka) f inan (genitive ло́жки, nominative plural ло́жки, genitive plural ло́жек, diminutive ло́жечка)

  1. spoon
  2. spoonful
  3. shoehorn
    Synonym: рожо́к (rožók)
Declension
Declension of ло́жка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ло́жка
lóžka 		ло́жки
lóžki
genitive ло́жки
lóžki 		ло́жек
lóžek
dative ло́жке
lóžke 		ло́жкам
lóžkam
accusative ло́жку
lóžku 		ло́жки
lóžki
instrumental ло́жкой, ло́жкою
lóžkoj, lóžkoju 		ло́жками
lóžkami
prepositional ло́жке
lóžke 		ло́жках
lóžkax
Descendants

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ложка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ложка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 489

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ложка́ • (ložká) m inan

  1. genitive singular of ложо́к (ložók)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic лъжька (lŭžĭka), from Proto-Slavic *lъžьka, from *lъga + *-ьka.

Pronunciation

Noun

ло́жка • (lóžka) f inan (genitive ло́жки, nominative plural ло́жки or ложки́, genitive plural ло́жок or ложо́к)

  1. spoon (scooped utensil for eating or serving)
  2. (with genitive) spoonful (of)
    ложка су́пу ― ložka súpu ― spoonful of soup

Declension

Declension of ло́жка (inan hard fem-form accent-a/c reduc)
singular plural
nominative ло́жка
lóžka 		ло́жки, ложки́
lóžky, ložký
genitive ло́жки
lóžky 		ло́жок, ложо́к
lóžok, ložók
dative ло́жці
lóžci 		ло́жкам, ложка́м
lóžkam, ložkám
accusative ло́жку
lóžku 		ло́жки, ложки́
lóžky, ložký
instrumental ло́жкою
lóžkoju 		ло́жками, ложка́ми
lóžkamy, ložkámy
locative ло́жці
lóžci 		ло́жках, ложка́х
lóžkax, ložkáx
vocative ло́жко
lóžko 		ло́жки, ложки́
lóžky, ložký

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