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Ukrainian
Etymology
From ви- (vy-) + тре́ба (tréba) + -енька (-enʹka), or from ви́требувати (výtrebuvaty). The semantic development went along the lines of "demands" to "unnecessary demands" to "fancies, oddities".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ви‧тре‧бень‧ка
Noun
витребе́нька • (vytrebénʹka) f inan (genitive витребе́ньки, nominative plural витребе́ньки, genitive plural витребе́ньок or витребе́ньків) (colloquial, usually in the plural)
- caprice, whim, fancy
- Synonym: забага́нка f (zabahánka)
- trinket, trifle
- Synonym: дрібни́чка f (dribnýčka)
Declension
Further reading
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “витребенька”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “витребенька”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “витребенька”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “витребенька”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “витребенька”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “витребенька”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka