Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool) + *-ъka.

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Noun edit

цевка (cevkaf (diminutive цевче)

  1. tube, pipe
  2. straw (drinking)
  3. Used in expressions equivalent to "not give a damn".

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Russian edit

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣвъка (cěvŭka), from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool) + *-ъka.

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Noun edit

це́вка (cévkaf inan (genitive це́вки, nominative plural це́вки, genitive plural це́вок)

  1. bobbin
  2. bone (especially a hollow one)
  3. (dialectal) shinbone

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References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • цевка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From це̑в.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡sêːʋka/
  • Hyphenation: цев‧ка

Noun edit

це̑вка f (Latin spelling cȇvka)

  1. tubule

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