качка
Belarusian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чкі, nominative plural ка́чкі, genitive plural ка́чак)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ка́чка káčka |
ка́чкі káčki |
| genitive | ка́чкі káčki |
ка́чак káčak |
| dative | ка́чцы káčcy |
ка́чкам káčkam |
| accusative | ка́чку káčku |
ка́чак káčak |
| instrumental | ка́чкай, ка́чкаю káčkaj, káčkaju |
ка́чкамі káčkami |
| locative | ка́чцы káčcy |
ка́чках káčkax |
| count form | — | ка́чкі1 káčki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
- качкано́с (kačkanós)
References
- “качка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kačьka, either onomatopoeic or expressive. Equivalent to ка́чам (káčam, “to swindle”) (colloquial) + -ка (-ka). In other Slavic languages means duck, e.g. Polish kaczka, Czech kačka, Russian ка́чка (káčka), Ukrainian ка́чка (káčka).
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f
- (dialectal) snowdrop (flower of genus Galanthus)
- (dialectal) poet's daffodil (flower of genus Narcissus)
- Synonyms: бя́ло лале́ (bjálo lalé), качу́нка (kačúnka)
Declension
Related terms
- кача́лка (kačálka, “peg”) (dialectal)
- качу́н (kačún), качу́нка (kačúnka, “type of flower”) (dialectal)
References
- “качка³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “ка́чка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 357
Etymology 2
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f
- (dialectal) diminutive of ка́ца (káca, “barrel”)
- Synonym: каче́ (kačé)
Declension
Related terms
- кад (kad, “vat”) (dialectal)
References
- “качка²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Russian ка́чка (káčka, “rolling”).
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f
Declension
Related terms
- ката́я (katája, “to roll, to sway”) (dialectal)
References
- “качка¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
From Old Slovak kačka. Cognates include Slovak kačka and Polish kaczka.
Pronunciation
Noun
качка (kačka) f (related adjective качи)
References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “качка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f inan (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural ка́чки, genitive plural ка́чек)
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
качка́ • (kačká) m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of качо́к (kačók)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin, similar to Czech kachna, kačka, and Slovak kačka, kačica.
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural качки́, genitive plural качо́к, masculine ка́чур, relational adjective кача́чий or качи́ний or качури́ний, diminutive кача́ or кача́тко or кача́точко or каченя́ or каченя́тко)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “качка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “качка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)