калека

Russian

Alternative forms

• калѣ́ка (kalě́ka) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• каля́ка (kaljáka), каля́га (kaljága) (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالیق (qalyq).

Older sources derived from Persian کالک (kâlak, “hideous”) via Ottoman Turkish كالك (kālak).

The word кали́ка (kalíka, “wanderer”) may be related.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲekə]

Noun

кале́ка • (kaléka) m anim or f anim (genitive кале́ки, nominative plural кале́ки, genitive plural кале́к)

1. cripple (person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities; has some negative connotation)

Declension

Declension of кале́ка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кале́ка kaléka	кале́ки kaléki
genitive	кале́ки kaléki	кале́к kalék
dative	кале́ке kaléke	кале́кам kalékam
accusative	кале́ку kaléku	кале́к kalék
instrumental	кале́кой, кале́кою kalékoj, kalékoju	кале́ками kalékami
prepositional	кале́ке kaléke	кале́ках kalékax

Related terms

• кале́чить (kaléčitʹ), покале́чить (pokaléčitʹ), искале́чить (iskaléčitʹ)
• кали́ка (kalíka) (possibly)

References

• Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 473
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “калека”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “калика”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 39
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “каліка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 109b