квітка
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish kwiatek (“flower”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *květъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwoyt-o- (“white, light”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- (“white”), whence English white. Slavic cognates include Polish kwiat and Russian цветок (cvetok).
Pronunciation
Noun
кві́тка • (kvítka) f inan (genitive кві́тки, nominative plural квітки́, genitive plural квіто́к)
Declension
Declension of кві́тка (inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
Descendants
- → Yiddish: קוויטקע (kvitke)