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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian полка (polka)
Noun
полка (polka)
- shelf
References
Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
полка • (polka) f
- polka (dance)
Declension
Russian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъka.
Pronunciation
Noun
по́лка • (pólka) f inan (genitive по́лки, nominative plural по́лки, genitive plural по́лок, diminutive по́лочка)
- shelf
1905, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], chapter V, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:Там на по́лке стоя́л графи́н с во́дкой и лежа́ло я́блоко, разре́занное аккура́тными, то́нкими ломтя́ми.- Tam na pólke stojál grafín s vódkoj i ležálo jábloko, razrézannoje akkurátnymi, tónkimi lomtjámi.
- A decanter of vodka stood on the shelf, next to an apple that had been divided into thin, precisely cut pieces.
- (in a passenger railroad car) berth
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
полка́ • (polká) m inan
- genitive singular of полк (polk)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
полка́ • (polká) m inan
- genitive singular of поло́к (polók)
Descendants