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Russian
Etymology
From кадь (kadʹ) + -ка (-ka), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́δος (kắdos, “pail, jar, cask”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́дка • (kádka) f inan (genitive ка́дки, nominative plural ка́дки, genitive plural ка́док)
- tub, vat
1852, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Глава VII. Охота”, in Детство; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., Childhood, 1904:Из-под се́на видне́лись: самова́р, ка́дка с моро́женой фо́рмой и ещё кой-каки́е привлека́тельные узелки́ и коро́бочки.- Iz-pod séna vidnélisʹ: samovár, kádka s moróženoj fórmoj i ješčó koj-kakíje privlekátelʹnyje uzelkí i koróbočki.
- Through the hay peeped a samovár, a pail with an ice-cream freezer, and a few attractive bundles and boxes.
Declension