Bulgarian edit

 
Косатка.

Etymology edit

From косат (kosat, hatchet, fin) (dated) +‎ -ка (-ka), a calque of Latin orca (originally meaning oryx, pickaxe).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

коса́тка (kosátkaf

  1. grampus, killer whale, orca

Declension edit

References edit

  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian edit

 
Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ru

Etymology edit

From коса́т (kosát, oryx) (dated) +‎ -ка (-ka). By surface analysis, коса́ (kosá, scythe) +‎ -а́тка (-átka). A calque of Latin orca.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈsatkə]
  • (file)

Noun edit

коса́тка (kosátkaf anim (genitive коса́тки, nominative plural коса́тки, genitive plural коса́ток)

  1. killer whale, orca (Orcinus orca)
  2. falcated duck (Anas falcata)
  3. naked catfish, bagrid catfish (Bagridae spp., Siluriformes).
  4. Obsolete spelling of каса́тка (kasátka); barn swallow

Declension edit