стычка

Russian

Etymology

Per Dal, from стыка́ть (stykátʹ, “to connect, to join”) +‎ -ка (-ka); presumably the sense development was "joining" → "meeting" → "skirmishing".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈstɨt͡ɕkə]

Noun

сты́чка • (stýčka) f inan (genitive сты́чки, nominative plural сты́чки, genitive plural сты́чек)

  1. skirmish (brief battle between small groups)

Declension
Declension of сты́чка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative сты́чка
stýčka		 сты́чки
stýčki
genitive сты́чки
stýčki		 сты́чек
stýček
dative сты́чке
stýčke		 сты́чкам
stýčkam
accusative сты́чку
stýčku		 сты́чки
stýčki
instrumental сты́чкой, сты́чкою
stýčkoj, stýčkoju		 сты́чками
stýčkami
prepositional сты́чке
stýčke		 сты́чках
stýčkax
  • Dalʹ, V. I. (1880–1882), “стычка”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ živovo velikorusskovo jazyka [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg, Moscow: Izdanije knigoprodavca-tipografa M.O. Volʹfa
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