ставка

Bulgarian

Etymology

ста́вам (stávam, “to become”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstafkɐ]

Noun

ста́вка • (stávka) f

1. setup, standup

   очна ставка ― očna stavka ― confrontation

2. entry, component [within a broader system]
3. (hazard) stake, pledge (sum of money that is pledged)

Declension

Declension of ста́вка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ста́вка stávka	ста́вки stávki
definite	ста́вката stávkata	ста́вките stávkite

Derived terms

• вста́вка (vstávka)
• доста́вка (dostávka)
• наста́вка (nastávka)
• оста́вка (ostávka)
• поста́вка (postávka)
• предста́вка (predstávka)
• съста́вка (sǎstávka)

References

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

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstafka]

Noun

ставка • (stavka) f

1. section, item

Declension

Declension of ставка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ставка (stavka)	ставки (stavki)
definite unspecified	ставката (stavkata)	ставките (stavkite)
definite proximal	ставкава (stavkava)	ставкиве (stavkive)
definite distal	ставкана (stavkana)	ставкине (stavkine)
vocative	ставко (stavko)	ставки (stavki)

Russian

Etymology

ста́вить (stávitʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstafkə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

ста́вка • (stávka) f inan (genitive ста́вки, nominative plural ста́вки, genitive plural ста́вок)

1. bet, wager

   сде́лать ста́вки ― sdélatʹ stávki ― to make a bet, to place one's bets

2. rate, wage, salary

   рабо́тать на по́лной ста́вке ― rabótatʹ na pólnoj stávke ― to have a full-time job

3. stake
   • 1899, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], Двадцать шесть и одна; English translation from Twenty-Six and One, New York: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1902:

     Нам каза́лось, что мы игра́ем в каку́ю-то игру́ с чё́ртом и ста́вка с на́шей стороны́ — Та́ня.

     Nam kazálosʹ, što my igrájem v kakúju-to igrú s čórtom i stávka s nášej storoný — Tánja.

     It seemed to us that we were playing a game with the devil, with Tanya as the stake on our side.

4. (military) headquarters

   Synonym: штаб m (štab)

Declension

Declension of ста́вка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ста́вка stávka	ста́вки stávki
genitive	ста́вки stávki	ста́вок stávok
dative	ста́вке stávke	ста́вкам stávkam
accusative	ста́вку stávku	ста́вки stávki
instrumental	ста́вкой, ста́вкою stávkoj, stávkoju	ста́вками stávkami
prepositional	ста́вке stávke	ста́вках stávkax

Descendants

• → Armenian: ստավկա (stavka), → դրույք (druykʻ) (calque)
• → Ingrian: stafka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From ста̏в.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stâːʋka/
• Hyphenation: став‧ка

Noun

ста̑вка f (Latin spelling stȃvka)

1. item, entry (in a list, in accounting, etc.)

Declension

Declension of ставка

	singular	plural
nominative	ста̑вка	ставке
genitive	ставке	ста̏ва̄ка̄/ста̑вкӣ
dative	ста̑вци	ставкама
accusative	ставку	ставке
vocative	ставко	ставке
locative	ста̑вци	ставкама
instrumental	ставком	ставкама

References

• “ставка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025