ложка

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Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak ložka, from Proto-Slavic *lyžьka.

Pronunciation

Noun

ложка (ložkaf (diminutive ложичка)

  1. spoon

Declension

Declension of ложка
singular plural
nominative ложка (ložka) ложки (ložki)
genitive ложки (ložki) ложкох (ložkox)
dative ложки (ložki) ложком (ložkom)
accusative ложку (ložku) ложки (ložki)
instrumental ложку (ložku) ложками (ložkami)
locative ложки (ložki) ложкох (ložkox)
vocative ложко (ložko) ложки (ložki)

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

ло́жка (lóžkaf inan (genitive ло́жки, nominative plural ло́жки, genitive plural ло́жек, diminutive ло́жечка)

  1. spoon
  2. spoonful
  3. shoehorn
    Synonym: рожо́к (rožók)
  4. spoon (musical instrument)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ложка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ложка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 489

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ложка́ (ložkám 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 (lóžkaf 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 су́пуložka súpuspoonful 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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