дочка

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъkťьka. By surface analysis, дочь (dočʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

до́чка (dóčkaf anim or f inan (genitive до́чки, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чек, diminutive до́ченька or дочу́рка)

  1. diminutive of дочь (dočʹ): (little) daughter
  2. (informal) girl, honey (term of address for a young woman)
  3. (business, informal, inanimate) subsidiary, daughter company
    Synonym: доче́рняя компа́ния (dočérnjaja kompánija)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dъ̏ťi +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

дочка́ (dočkáf pers (genitive дочки́, nominative plural до́чки, genitive plural до́чок)

  1. daughter
    • 1953, Тарас Шевченко, II, 49:
    В тім селі́ вдова́ жила́ / А у вдови́ дочка́ була́ / І син семилі́ток.
    V tim selí vdová žylá / A u vdový dočká bulá / I syn semylítok.
    And in that village lived a widow. And the widow had a daughter, and a seven-year-old son.
    Synonym: до́нька (dónʹka)

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