полка

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian полка (polka)

Noun

полка (polka)

  1. shelf

References

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

полка • (polka) f

  1. polka (dance)

Declension

Declension of полка
singular plural
indefinite полка полки
definite unspecified полката полките
definite proximal полкава полкиве
definite distal полкана полкине
vocative полко полки

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

по́лка • (pólka) f inan (genitive по́лки, nominative plural по́лки, genitive plural по́лок, diminutive по́лочка)

  1. shelf
    • 1905, Александр Куприн [Aleksandr I. Kuprin], chapter V, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:
      Там на по́лке стоя́л графи́н с во́дкой и лежа́ло я́блоко, разре́занное аккура́тными, то́нкими ломтя́ми.
      Tam na pólke stojál grafín s vódkoj i ležálo jábloko, razrézannoje akkurátnymi, tónkimi lomtjámi.
      A decanter of vodka stood on the shelf, next to an apple that had been divided into thin, precisely cut pieces.
  2. (in a passenger railroad car) berth
Declension
Declension of по́лка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative по́лка
pólka 		по́лки
pólki
genitive по́лки
pólki 		по́лок
pólok
dative по́лке
pólke 		по́лкам
pólkam
accusative по́лку
pólku 		по́лки
pólki
instrumental по́лкой, по́лкою
pólkoj, pólkoju 		по́лками
pólkami
prepositional по́лке
pólke 		по́лках
pólkax
Pre-reform declension of по́лка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative по́лка
pólka 		по́лки
pólki
genitive по́лки
pólki 		по́локъ
pólok
dative по́лкѣ
pólkě 		по́лкамъ
pólkam
accusative по́лку
pólku 		по́лки
pólki
instrumental по́лкой, по́лкою
pólkoj, pólkoju 		по́лками
pólkami
prepositional по́лкѣ
pólkě 		по́лкахъ
pólkax

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

полка́ • (polká) m inan

  1. genitive singular of полк (polk)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

полка́ • (polká) m inan

  1. genitive singular of поло́к (polók)
Descendants
  • → Even: полка (polka)
  • → Karelian: polčča
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