ниточка

ни́тка (nítka) +‎ -ка (-ka)

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ни́точка • (nítočka) f inan (genitive ни́точки, nominative plural ни́точки, genitive plural ни́точек)

1. diminutive of нить (nitʹ), diminutive of ни́тка (nítka): (short or thin) thread

   ходи́ть по ни́точке ― xodítʹ po nítočke ― to toe the line; to do as one is told

From ни́тка (nýtka) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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ни́точка • (nýtočka) f inan (genitive ни́точки, nominative plural ниточки́, genitive plural ниточо́к)

1. diminutive of ни́тка f (nýtka, “thread”)

   ви́сі́ти на ни́точці ― výsíty na nýtočci ― to hang by a thread

   ходи́ти по ни́точці ― xodýty po nýtočci ― to toe the line; to do as one is told

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ниточка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2019), “ниточка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 10 (на́ступ – о́бміль), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “ниточка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “ниточка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “ниточка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “ниточка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “ниточка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)