вишка
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Erzya
Alternative forms
- (archaic) вешка (veška)
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *väžə, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *wäšä (“small, little”). Cognate with Finnish vähä, Estonian vähe, väike.
Pronunciation
Adjective
вишка • (viška)
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “вишка”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #1701 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.
Ukrainian
Etymology
From ви́щий (výščyj) + -ка (-ka). Compare Russian вы́шка (výška).
Pronunciation
Noun
ви́шка • (výška) f inan (genitive ви́шки, nominative plural ви́шки, genitive plural ви́шок)
- tower
- derrick (framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well)
- (slang) death penalty
- Synonyms: ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння f (výšča míra pokaránnja), сме́ртна ка́ра f (smértna kára)
Declension
Declension of ви́шка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
References
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вишка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 554
- “вишка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970), “вишка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – В), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 541
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вишка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вишка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “вишка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “вишка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)