качка

Borrowed from Polish kaczka.

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ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чкі, nominative plural ка́чкі, genitive plural ка́чак)

1. duck

• качкано́с (kačkanós)

• “качка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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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).

ка́чка • (káčka) f

1. (dialectal) snowdrop (flower of genus Galanthus)

   Synonyms: коки́че (kokíče), (dialectal) белу́чка (belúčka)

2. (dialectal) poet's daffodil (flower of genus Narcissus)

   Synonyms: бя́ло лале́ (bjálo lalé), качу́нка (kačúnka)

• кача́лка (kačálka, “peg”) (dialectal)
• качу́н (kačún), качу́нка (kačúnka, “type of flower”) (dialectal)

• “качка³”, in Речник на българския език (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. ‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 357

ка́ца (káca) +‎ -ка (-ka)

ка́чка • (káčka) f

1. (dialectal) diminutive of ка́ца (káca, “barrel”)

   Synonym: каче́ (kačé)

• кад (kad, “vat”) (dialectal)

• “качка²”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Borrowed from Russian ка́чка (káčka, “rolling”).

ка́чка • (káčka) f

1. (nautical) rolling, pitching (of nautical vessel)

• ката́я (katája, “to roll, to sway”) (dialectal)

• “качка¹”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

From Old Slovak kačka. Cognates include Slovak kačka and Polish kaczka.

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʃka
• Hyphenation: кач‧ка

качка (kačka) f (diminutive каче or качатко, related adjective качи)

1. duck

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “качка”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

From кача́ть (kačátʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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ка́чка • (káčka) f inan (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural ка́чки, genitive plural ка́чек)

1. (nautical) rolling, pitching

ка́чка • (káčka) f inan (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural ка́чки, genitive plural ка́чек)

1. (regional, Kuban) duck

   Synonym: у́тка (útka)

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качка́ • (kačká) m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of качо́к (kačók)

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Probably of imitative origin, similar to Czech kachna, kačka, and Slovak kačka, kačica.

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ка́чка • (káčka) f animal (genitive ка́чки, nominative plural качки́, genitive plural качо́к, male equivalent ка́чур, relational adjective кача́чий or качи́ний or качури́ний, diminutive кача́ or кача́тко or кача́точко or каченя́ or каченя́тко)

1. duck

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “качка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “качка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)