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Russian
Etymology
From мота́ть (motátʹ) + -лка (-lka).
Pronunciation
Noun
мота́лка • (motálka) f inan (genitive мота́лки, nominative plural мота́лки, genitive plural мота́лок)
- coiler, reel, winder (a device or machine for coiling, winding, or unwinding something)
1864, Н. С. Лесков, Некуда:Пе́ред не́ю на сту́ле сиде́ла сестра́ Феокти́ста и разма́тывала с мота́лки бума́гу.- Péred néju na stúle sidéla sestrá Feoktísta i razmátyvala s motálki bumágu.
- Sister Feoktista sat before her on a chair, unwinding cotton from a winder.
- (slang) youth gang, crew
Declension