Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Per Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (it splits the term into two separate lemmas), perhaps:

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

по́чка (póčkaf (dialectal)

  1. boundary between slots of land (usually in the form of an embankment or a hedge)
  2. (Torlak dialects) edge, brink

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

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Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpot͡ɕkə]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old East Slavic почька (počĭka). Vasmer suggests derivation from печь (pečʹ, bake); compare пе́чень (péčenʹ, liver).

Noun edit

по́чка (póčkaf inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. kidney
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: պոչկա (počʿka)
  • Ingrian: pocka

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic почька (počĭka), from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka. Compare Ukrainian по́чки (póčky), Polish pestka, Czech pecka, Slovene реčkà.

Noun edit

по́чка (póčkaf inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. bud
Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • почка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru