галка
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *galъka, from *galъ (“black, black-colored bird”) + *-ъka (compare Russian -ка (-ka)). Cognate with Bulgarian гал (gal, “jackdaw”), dialectal Macedonian гал (gal, “raven”), archaic Serbo-Croatian га̏о (“black, dirty”) (fem. sg. га̏ла, neut. sg. га̏ло), га̑л (“black color”), Slovene gàl (“bird with black feathers”), dialectal Czech gáł (“dirt; large black peas”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡalkə]
Audio (file)
Noun
га́лка • (gálka) f anim or f inan (genitive га́лки, nominative plural га́лки, genitive plural га́лок)
- (animate) jackdaw, daw (Coloeus monedula)
- (inanimate) checkmark
Declension
Declension of га́лка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Pre-reform declension of га́лка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
галка (file)
Declension
Declension of га́лка
References
- галка in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka
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