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Russenorsk
Etymology
Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk sei (“Pollachius virens”) with Russian suffix -ка (-ka).
Alternatively, from Russian сайка (sajka, “Boreogadus saida”), of similar origin.
Noun
сайка (sajka)
- (zoology) pollock
References
- Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag
Russian
Etymology
The sense of a bread is borrowed from Estonian sai, the sense of a fish variating са́йда (sájda), both applying the suffix + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
са́йка • (sájka) f inan (genitive са́йки, nominative plural са́йки, genitive plural са́ек)
- bread roll, bun
1877, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Часть IV Глава XV”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:Всё э́то случи́лось в одно́ вре́мя: ма́льчик подбежа́л к го́лубю и, улыба́ясь, взгляну́л на Лё́вина; го́лубь затреща́л кры́льями и отпорхну́л, блестя́ на со́лнце ме́жду дрожа́щими в во́здухе пыли́нками сне́га, а из око́шка пахну́ло ду́хом печё́ного хле́ба и вы́ставились са́йки.- Vsjo éto slučílosʹ v odnó vrémja: málʹčik podbežál k gólubju i, ulybájasʹ, vzgljanúl na Ljóvina; gólubʹ zatreščál krýlʹjami i otporxnúl, blestjá na sólnce méždu drožáščimi v vózduxe pylínkami snéga, a iz okóška paxnúlo dúxom pečónovo xléba i výstavilisʹ sájki.
- It all happened at the same time: a boy ran towards a dove and glanced smiling at Levin; the dove, with a whir of her wings, darted away, flashing in the sun, amid grains of snow that quivered in the air, while from a little window there came a smell of fresh-baked bread, and the loaves were put out.
- Arctic cod, polar cod
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian са́йка (sájka).
Pronunciation
Noun
са́йка • (sájka) f inan (genitive са́йки, nominative plural са́йки, genitive plural са́йок)
- bread roll, bun, roll
- Synonym: бу́лка (búlka)
- Arctic cod, polar cod
Declension
Declension of са́йка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сайка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “сайка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “сайка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “сайка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “сайка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “сайка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “сайка”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)