кавычка
Russian edit
Etymology edit
кавы́ка (kavýka, “breve, hook”) + -ка (-ka); according to Chernykh, likely related to dialectal ка́выш (kávyš, “duckling”), ка́вка (kávka, “frog”), кавы́кать (kavýkatʹ, “to hobble”), suggesting the sense development “webbed footprint” → “a hook-like diacritic” → “quotation mark”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кавы́чка • (kavýčka) f inan (genitive кавы́чки, nominative plural кавы́чки, genitive plural кавы́чек)
- quotation mark (either [«◌»] or [„◌“])
Declension edit
Declension of кавы́чка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | кавы́чка kavýčka |
кавы́чки kavýčki |
genitive | кавы́чки kavýčki |
кавы́чек kavýček |
dative | кавы́чке kavýčke |
кавы́чкам kavýčkam |
accusative | кавы́чку kavýčku |
кавы́чки kavýčki |
instrumental | кавы́чкой, кавы́чкою kavýčkoj, kavýčkoju |
кавы́чками kavýčkami |
prepositional | кавы́чке kavýčke |
кавы́чках kavýčkax |