щука

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See also: штука

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Pronunciation

Noun

щу́ка (štúkaf

  1. pike, jack, pickerel

Declension

Old Ruthenian

щу́ка

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *щу́ка (*ščúka), from Proto-Slavic *ščùka. Cognate with Russian щу́ка (ščúka), Old Novgorodian щю́ка (śćjúka), dialectal Old Polish szczuka. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

щука (ščukaf animal

  1. pike (fish)
    повинни давать… по щуцѣ вялой зъ дымуⸯpovinni davatʹ… po ščucě vjaloj z dymuj(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    харчы въ дорогу купили розное… щукъ спорыхъ вялыхъ двѣxarčy v dorohu kupili roznoje… ščuk sporyx vjalyx dvě(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    купили… рыбы вялой щуки 3, бакавни, лини 2kupili… ryby vjaloj ščuki 3, bakavni, lini 2(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Carpathian Rusyn: щу́ка (ščúka)
  • Ukrainian: щу́ка (ščúka); щю́ка (ščjúka) (dialectal)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щука”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 250

Russian

Щука

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

щу́ка (ščúkaf anim (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук, diminutive щу́чка)

  1. pike (any freshwater fish of the genus Esox, a relatively large, predatory fish)
  2. KSShch (Soviet anti-ship cruise missile)

Declension

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Descendants

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian щу́ка (ščúka).

Pronunciation

Noun

щу́ка (ščúkaf animal (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук)

  1. pike (fish)

Declension

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