паличка

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From па́лиця (pálycja) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian па́лочка (páločka).

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Noun

па́личка (pályčkaf inan (genitive па́лички, nominative plural па́лички, genitive plural па́личок, relational adjective па́личковий)

  1. endearing diminutive of па́лиця f (pálycja)
    1. (small) stick
      па́личка для ї́жіpályčka dlja jížichopstick (literally, “stick for food”)
      бараба́нна па́личкаbarabánna pályčkadrumstick
    2. wand (handheld narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing)
      чарівна́ па́личкаčarivná pályčkamagic wand
      дириге́нтська па́личкаdyryhéntsʹka pályčkaconductor's baton
  2. bar, stick (of something)
    кра́бові па́личкиkrábovi pályčkycrabsticks
  3. (colloquial) short vertical written line
  4. palochka
  5. bacillus
    Synonym: баци́ла f (bacýla)
    кишкова́ па́личкаkyšková pályčkaEscherichia coli, E. coli (literally, “intestinal bacillus”)
    па́личка Ко́хаpályčka KóxaKoch's bacillus
    чумна́ па́личкаčumná pályčkaYersinia pestis (literally, “plague bacillus”)
  6. (anatomy, chiefly in the plural) rod, rod cell

Declension

Declension of па́личка
(inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
singular plural
nominative па́личка
pályčka
па́лички
pályčky
genitive па́лички
pályčky
па́личок
pályčok
dative па́личці
pályčci
па́личкам
pályčkam
accusative па́личку
pályčku
па́лички
pályčky
instrumental па́личкою
pályčkoju
па́личками
pályčkamy
locative па́личці
pályčci
па́личках
pályčkax
vocative па́личко
pályčko
па́лички
pályčky

Derived terms

adjective
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