матрёшка

Russian

матрёшки

Etymology

Diminutive form of female name Матрёна (Matrjóna), ultimately from Latin mātrōna (“matron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə]

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Noun

матрёшка • (matrjóška) f inan or f anim (genitive матрёшки, nominative plural матрёшки, genitive plural матрёшек)

1. matryoshka, Russian doll

Declension

Declension of матрёшка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	матрёшка matrjóška	матрёшки matrjóški
genitive	матрёшки matrjóški	матрёшек matrjóšek
dative	матрёшке matrjóške	матрёшкам matrjóškam
accusative animate inanimate	матрёшку matrjóšku	матрёшек matrjóšek
		матрёшки matrjóški
instrumental	матрёшкой, матрёшкою matrjóškoj, matrjóškoju	матрёшками matrjóškami
prepositional	матрёшке matrjóške	матрёшках matrjóškax

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: مَاتْرْيُوشْكَا (mātryūškā)
• → Azerbaijani: matryoşka
• → Basque: matrioxka
• → Catalan: matrioixca
• → Czech: matrjoška
• → English: matryoshka, matrioshka
• → Estonian: matrjoška
• → French: matriochka
• → German: Matrjoschka, Matroschka, Matrioschka
• → Hungarian: matrjoska
• → Italian: matrioska, matriosca
• → Japanese: マトリョーシカ (matoryōshika)
• → Korean: 마트료시카 (mateuryosika)
• → Mandarin: 瑪特廖什卡／玛特廖什卡 (mǎtèliàoshíkǎ)
• → Polish: matrioszka
• → Portuguese: matrioshka, matriosca, matryoshka
• → Romanian: matrioșka, matrioșca
• → Slovak: matrioška
• → Spanish: matrioska
• → Swedish: matrjosjka
• → Turkish: matruşka
• → Ukrainian: матрьо́шка (matrʹóška)