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Bulgarian
Noun
ще́ка • (štéka) f (sports)
- cue (a stick for games such as billards)
- ski pole
Declension
Further reading
- “щека”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “щека”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- щека in PONS - bǎlgarski-nemski prevod
- щека in Bǎlgarski tǎlkoven rečnik
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščeka. Cognate with Belarusian шчака́ (ščaká) and Ukrainian щока́ (ščoká).
Pronunciation
Noun
щека́ • (ščeká) f inan (genitive щеки́, nominative plural щёки, genitive plural щёк, diminutive щёчка)
- cheek
- уда́рить (кого́-либо) по щеке́ ― udáritʹ (kovó-libo) po ščeké ― to slap (someone) in the face
- поцелова́ть в о́бе щеки́ ― pocelovátʹ v óbe ščekí ― to kiss both cheeks
- впа́лые щёки ― vpályje ščóki ― sunken cheeks
- подста́вить щёку ― podstávitʹ ščóku ― to turn the cheek
- раздува́ть щёки ― razduvátʹ ščóki ― to puff out the cheeks
- румя́нец во всю щёку ― rumjánec vo vsju ščóku ― red in the cheeks (said when one is shy)
- упи́сывать за о́бе щеки́ (saying) ― upísyvatʹ za óbe ščekí ― to eat heartily, to gobble
- за чужо́й щеко́й зуб не боли́т (proverb) ― za čužój ščekój zub ne bolít ― you cannot feel another’s toothache
за свои́ми щека́ми не удержа́л, за чужи́ми не уде́ржишь (proverb)- za svoími ščekámi ne uderžál, za čužími ne udéržišʹ
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- (literally, “if you can’t keep it under your own cheeks, you won’t be able to keep it under someone else’s”)
- mouth of animals, jaw
- ры́бья щека́ ― rýbʹja ščeká ― fish’s mouth
- (figuratively) side, sidepiece, stock, jaw (of a mechanism)
- щека́ дроби́лки ― ščeká drobílki ― crushing jaw
- щека́ коле́нчатого ва́ла ― ščeká kolénčatovo vála ― crankshaft web
- щека́ кривоши́па ― ščeká krivošípa ― web
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щека”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- щека in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru