šotka - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Borrowed from Russian щётка (ščótka). Compare dialectal Finnish sotka and Karelian šotka.
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʃotkɑ/, [ˈʃo̞tk]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʃotkɑ/, [ˈʃo̞tkɑ]
- Rhymes: -otk, -otkɑ
- Hyphenation: šot‧ka
- Homophone: sotka
šotka
| Declension of šotka (type 3/koira, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | šotka | šotkat |
| genitive | šotkan | šotkiin |
| partitive | šotkaa | šotkia |
| illative | šotkaa | šotkii |
| inessive | šotkaas | šotkiis |
| elative | šotkast | šotkist |
| allative | šotkalle | šotkille |
| adessive | šotkaal | šotkiil |
| ablative | šotkalt | šotkilt |
| translative | šotkaks | šotkiks |
| essive | šotkanna, šotkaan | šotkinna, šotkiin |
| exessive1) | šotkant | šotkint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
- (brush): harja
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 541
Often said to be from Albanian shotë, but this has been disputed by some. Also Bulgarian ша́тка (šátka, “duck”).
šȍtka f (Cyrillic spelling шо̏тка, male equivalent šȍtar)
- (Kosovo, Torlakian, obsolete) duck
a. 1914, Antun Gustav Matoš, Sabrana djela Antuna Gustava Matoša, volume XV, page 42:
Služavka s bubuljičavim nosom k’o u morske šotke
- A servantess with a nose spotted like that of a sea duck
- Omari, Anila (2012) “šotka”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 437f