колючка

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Russian

Etymology

колю́чий (koljúčij) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

Noun

колю́чка (koljúčkaf inan (genitive колю́чки, nominative plural колю́чки, genitive plural колю́чек)

  1. prickle, prick, thorn

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

From колю́чий (koljúčyj) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

колю́чка (koljúčkaf inan (genitive колю́чки, nominative plural колючки́, genitive plural колючо́к)

  1. prickle, prick (a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
  2. barb (anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else)
  3. splinter (a long, sharp fragment of material)
    Synonym: ска́лка f (skálka)
  4. (botany) thorn (a sharp protective spine of a plant)
  5. (zootomy, botany) spine (a pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant)
  6. (figuratively) barb (a hurtful or disparaging remark)
  7. (figuratively) thorn (that which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome)
    • 1962, Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko, Біблія або книги Святого Письма Старого і Нового Заповіту , 2 Corinthians 12:7, page 1431:
      А щоб я через пребагато об'явлень не величався, то дано мені в тіло колючку, посланця сатани, щоб бив в обличчя мене, щоб я не величався.
      A ščob ja čerez prebahato obʺjavlenʹ ne velyčavsja, to dano meni v tilo koljučku, poslancja satany, ščob byv v oblyččja mene, ščob ja ne velyčavsja.
      And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
  8. stickleback (fish of the family Gasterosteidae, especially those of the genus Gasterosteus)
  9. (colloquial) synonym of ко́лька f (kólʹka, colic)

Declension

Declension of колю́чка
(inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
singular plural
nominative колю́чка
koljúčka
колючки́
koljučký
genitive колю́чки
koljúčky
колючо́к
koljučók
dative колю́чці
koljúčci
колючка́м
koljučkám
accusative колю́чку
koljúčku
колючки́
koljučký
instrumental колю́чкою
koljúčkoju
колючка́ми
koljučkámy
locative колю́чці
koljúčci
колючка́х
koljučkáx
vocative колю́чко
koljúčko
колючки́
koljučký

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