Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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From свинѧ́ (svinjá) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Noun

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свинка (svinkaf animal

  1. diminutive of свинѧ́ (svinjá)
    забрали… подсвинковъ вепрыковъ два, свинки две, свинья кормная однаzabrali… podsvinkov veprykov dva, svinki dve, svinʹja kormnaja odna(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: сві́нка (svínka)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сви́нка (svýnka)
  • Ukrainian: сви́нка (svýnka)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “свинка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*свинка¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 322
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “*свинка²”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 322

Russian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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сви́нка (svínkaf anim or f inan (genitive сви́нки, nominative plural сви́нки, genitive plural сви́нок)

  1. diminutive of свинья́ (svinʹjá); (little) pig, piggy
  2. guinea pig
    Synonym: морска́я сви́нка (morskája svínka)
  3. (uncountable) mumps (contagious disease)

Declension

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Derived terms

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