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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *redьky.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrʲetʲkə]
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ре́дька (rédʹkaf inan (genitive ре́дьки, nominative plural ре́дьки, genitive plural ре́дек)

  1. radish
    • 1842, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], “Том I, Глава 5”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:
      — Вот ещё варе́нье, — сказа́ла хозя́йка, возвраща́ясь с блю́дечком, — ре́дька, ва́ренная в меду́!
      — Vot ješčó varénʹje, — skazála xozjájka, vozvraščájasʹ s bljúdečkom, — rédʹka, várennaja v medú!
      "Here is more dessert," she said. "Pray have a few radishes stewed in honey."

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *redьky.

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ре́дька (rédʹkaf inan (genitive ре́дьки, nominative plural ре́дьки, relational adjective ре́дьковий, diminutive ре́дечка)

  1. Raphanus plant genus
  2. Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus (radish)
  3. Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus var. radicula; European radish and alike
    Synonyms: реди́с (redýs), реди́ска (redýska)
  4. root vegetables of the above

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