kapka

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See also: kapką

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kapka f

  1. drop (small mass of liquid)

Declension

Declension of kapka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kapka kapky
genitive kapky kapek
dative kapce kapkám
accusative kapku kapky
vocative kapko kapky
locative kapce kapkách
instrumental kapkou kapkami

Further reading

  • “kapka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “kapka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “kapka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkap.ka/
  • Rhymes: -apka
  • Syllabification: kap‧ka

Noun

kapka f

  1. drop (small mass of liquid)

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kapka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kapъka.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -apka
  • Syllabification: kap‧ka

Noun

kapka f (diminutive (dialectal) kapyszka or (dialectal) kapeczka or (dialectal) kapusia)

  1. drop (small mass of liquid)
    Synonym: kropla
  2. a tad, a smidgen, a small amount
  3. wingtip of a shoe
  4. (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of czepiec
    1. (Kuyavia) married woman's bonnet

Declension

Declension of kapka
singular plural
nominative kapka kapki
genitive kapki kapek
dative kapce kapkom
accusative kapkę kapki
instrumental kapką kapkami
locative kapce kapkach
vocative kapko kapki
verbs

Further reading

  • kapka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kapka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kapka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kapka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 110
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “kapka”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 745
  • Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “kapka”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 371

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kàpъka. Cognate with Lower Sorbian kapka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkapka/
  • Rhymes: -apka
  • Hyphenation: kap‧ka
  • Syllabification: kap‧ka

Noun

kapka f

  1. drop (tiny portion of a liquid, shaped like a globule or a pear)

Declension

Declension of kapka (feminine velar stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kapka kapce kapki
genitive kapki kapkow kapkow
dative kapce kapkomaj kapkam
accusative kapku kapce kapki
instrumental kapku kapkomaj kapkami
locative kapce kapkomaj kapkach
vocative kapka kapce kapki

References

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