мотка

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *motъka. Synchronically, parsable as мота́я (motája, “to reel, to wind”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key):

мо́тка • (mótka) f

1. coil, roll (of yarn, fibres, wire)
   1. (dialectal) reel, spool, bobbin (axle or pivot for forming a roll)
   2. (figurative) jumble, pell-mell (confused and disordered situtation)
2. (dialectal) hoe, cultivator (small horticultural tool)

• мо́ткам се (mótkam se, “to dally, to dawdle”)
• моти́ка (motíka, “mattock”) (for the horticultural sense)
• мотови́ла (motovíla, “swift, spool”)

• “мотка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “мо́тка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 83
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мотка¹, мотка², мотка³”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 268

• IPA^(key):

мотка • (motka) third-singular present, impf (perfective замотка)

1. (transitive) to wind, coil

• IPA^(key):

мотка́ • (motká) m inan

1. genitive singular of мото́к (motók)

• IPA^(key): /môtka/
• Hyphenation: мот‧ка

мо̏тка f (Latin spelling mȍtka)

1. pole (long and slender piece of wood)

• “мотка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024