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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
From свинѧ́ (svinjá) + -ка (-ka).
Noun
свинка • (svinka) f animal
- diminutive of свинѧ́ (svinjá)
- забрали… подсвинковъ вепрыковъ два, свинки две, свинья кормная одна ― zabrali… podsvinkov veprykov dva, svinki dve, svinʹja kormnaja odna ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
Further reading
- The template Template:R:zle-obe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “свинка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*свинка¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 322
- Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*свинка²”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 322
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
сви́нка • (svínka) f anim or f inan (genitive сви́нки, nominative plural сви́нки, genitive plural сви́нок)
- diminutive of свинья́ (svinʹjá); (little) pig, piggy
- guinea pig
- Synonym: морска́я сви́нка (morskája svínka)
- (uncountable) mumps (contagious disease)
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