стычка

Russian

Etymology

Per Dal, from стыка́ть (stykátʹ, “to connect, to join”) +‎ -ка (-ka); presumably the sense development was "joining" → "meeting" → "skirmishing".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɨt͡ɕkə]

Noun

сты́чка • (stýčka) f inan (genitive сты́чки, nominative plural сты́чки, genitive plural сты́чек)

1. skirmish (brief battle between small groups)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	сты́чка stýčka	сты́чки stýčki
genitive	сты́чки stýčki	сты́чек stýček
dative	сты́чке stýčke	сты́чкам stýčkam
accusative	сты́чку stýčku	сты́чки stýčki
instrumental	сты́чкой, сты́чкою stýčkoj, stýčkoju	сты́чками stýčkami
prepositional	сты́чке stýčke	сты́чках stýčkax

• Dalʹ, V. I. (1880–1882), “стычка”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ živovo velikorusskovo jazyka [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Saint Petersburg, Moscow: Izdanije knigoprodavca-tipografa M.O. Volʹfa