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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Noun
пу́бліка • (públika) f inan (genitive пу́блікі, uncountable)
- audience, public
Declension
Declension of пу́бліка (inan sg-only velar fem-form accent-a)
Ukrainian
Etymology 1
Derived via Western European languages from Latin pūblicus.
Pronunciation
Noun
пу́бліка • (públika) f inan (genitive пу́бліки, uncountable) (collective)
- audience (group of people seeing or hearing a performance)
- (colloquial) people, public
Declension
Declension of пу́бліка (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from Polish publika in the sense of 'scandal' or 'loose woman'/'public woman'[1] (in Kresy Wschodnie dialect).
Pronunciation
Noun
публі́ка • (publíka) f inan or m pers or f pers (genitive публі́ки, nominative plural публі́ки, genitive plural публі́к) (dialectal)
- (inanimate, uncountable) disgrace, shame
- Synonyms: (nondialectal) ганьба́ f (hanʹbá), (nondialectal) со́ром m (sórom)
- (personal, countable) disgrace, wanton (disgracefully behaved person)
Declension
(inanimate, uncountable)
Declension of публі́ка (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
(personal, countable)
Declension of публі́ка (pers hard fem-form accent-a)
References
- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “публі́ка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “публіка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “публіка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “публіка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “публіка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “публіка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “публіка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)