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дуга́ (dugá) +‎ -ка (-ka)

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ду́жка (dúžkaf inan (genitive ду́жки, nominative plural ду́жки, genitive plural ду́жек)

  1. Diminutive of дуга́ (dugá)
  2. side (of spectacles)
  3. handle, bail (of bucket, kettle, etc.)
  4. (croquet) hoop

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Etymology edit

From дуга́ (duhá) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈduʒkɐ]
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ду́жка (dúžkaf inan (genitive ду́жки, nominative plural дужки́, genitive plural дужо́к)

  1. Diminutive of дуга́ (duhá, arc, arch)
  2. handle, bail (of a bucket, kettle, etc.)
  3. temple, arm (either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them)
  4. (chiefly in the plural) bracket, parenthesis (any of the characters used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc.)
    кру́глі дужки́krúhli dužkýround brackets
    квадра́тні дужки́kvadrátni dužkýsquare brackets
    фігу́рні дужки́fihúrni dužkýcurly brackets, curly braces
    кутові́ дужки́kutoví dužkýangle brackets, angle braces

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