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Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (“shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool”) + *-ъka.
Pronunciation
Noun
цевка • (cevka) f (diminutive цевче)
- tube, pipe
- straw (drinking)
- Used in expressions equivalent to "not give a damn".
Declension
Derived terms
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣвъка (cěvŭka), from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (“shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool”) + *-ъka.
Pronunciation
Noun
це́вка • (cévka) f inan (genitive це́вки, nominative plural це́вки, genitive plural це́вок)
- bobbin
- bone (especially a hollow one)
- (dialectal) shinbone
- tarsometatarsus
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- цевка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From це̑в.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sêːʋka/
- Hyphenation: цев‧ка
Noun
це̑вка f (Latin spelling cȇvka)
- tubule
Declension
References
- “цевка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025