улитка

Russian

Etymology

ули́та (ulíta) + -ка (-ka), apparently from у́лей (úlej), compare for the suffix волоки́та (volokíta), раки́та (rakíta). In Belarusian улі́тка (ulítka); not used in Ukrainian (borrowed however in technical senses as улі́тка (ulítka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈlʲitkə]
  • (file)

Noun

ули́тка (ulítka) f anim (genitive ули́тки, nominative plural ули́тки, genitive plural ули́ток)

  1. snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea

Declension

Descendants

  • Turkmen: ulitka

References

  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221–222
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), улитка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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