рибалка

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Cognate with Russian рыбалка (rybalka). From риба (ryba) +‎ -лка (-lka), from Proto-Slavic *ryba.[1]

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Noun

риба́лка (rybálkaf pers (genitive риба́лки, nominative plural риба́лки, genitive plural риба́лок, relational adjective риба́льський)

  1. fisherman, angler, fisher
    • 1957, Микола Нагнибіда, Collected works, page 46:
      Ще малим мене за руку До рибалок дід повів. — Покажіть, — сказав, — онуку, Як то ловлять окунів.
      Šče malym mene za ruku Do rybalok did poviv. — Pokažitʹ, — skazav, — onuku, Jak to lovljatʹ okuniv.
      When I was little, my grandfather led me by the hand to the fishermen. "Show your grandson," he said, "how they catch perch" (Mykola Nagnybida.
  2. (colloquial, dialectal) (a number of sea-birds which eat fish), cormorant, seagull, kingfisher, tern
    • 2003 [1839], Taras Shevchenko, Іван Підкова, volumes I: Поезія 1837-1847, quoted in Зібрання творів: У 6 томах:, Kyiv: Наукова Думка, translation of Кобзар, →ISBN, pages 122–123:
      Пливуть собі козаки та співають; Рибалка літає...
      Plyvutʹ sobi kozaky ta spivajutʹ; Rybalka litaje...
      The Cossacks are swimming and singing; a cormorant flies...

Declension

Noun

риба́лка (rybálkaf inan (genitive риба́лки, uncountable)

  1. (collective) fishing, angling
    • 1961, Вадим Собко, Срібний корабель [the Silver ship], page 59:
      — Колись, маленькою, мене брали на рибалку.
      — Kolysʹ, malenʹkoju, mene braly na rybalku.
      Once, as a child, I was taken fishing.

References

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2006), “риба”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 5 (Р – Т), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 71

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