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Russian
Etymology 1
ви́лы (víly) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
ви́лка • (vílka) f inan (genitive ви́лки, nominative plural ви́лки, genitive plural ви́лок, diminutive ви́лочка)
- fork
- electrical plug
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
вилка́ • (vilká) m inan or m anim
- inflection of вило́к (vilók):
- genitive singular
- animate accusative singular
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old Ruthenian ви́лка (vílka, “fork”), from Proto-Slavic *vidlъka. By surface analysis, ви́ла (výla) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
ви́лка • (výlka) f inan (genitive ви́лки, nominative plural ви́лки, genitive plural ви́лок, relational adjective ви́лковий, diminutive ви́лочка)
- (colloquial) fork
- Synonym: виде́лка f (vydélka)
- (electricity) plug
- (chess) fork
- diminutive of ви́ла (výla, “pitchfork”)
Declension
Declension of ви́лка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вилка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “вилка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вилка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вилка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “вилка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “вилка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “вилка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)