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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
пе́на (péna) + -ка (-ka)
Noun
пе́нка • (pénka) f inan (genitive пе́нки, nominative plural пе́нки, genitive plural пе́нок, diminutive пе́ночка)
- skin forming on milk
- meerschaum
- Synonym: морска́я пе́нка (morskája pénka)
- sleeping mat
Declension
Etymology 2
пе́ние (pénije) + -ка (-ka).
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”), along with Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare English finch), Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
Noun
пе́нка • (pénka) f anim (genitive пе́нки, nominative plural пе́нки, genitive plural пе́нок)
- leaf warbler
- Synonym: пе́ночка (pénočka)
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