мавка
Ukrainian
Mavka by Asta Legios for tokar.ua, 2022
Alternative forms
- на́вка (návka)
- ня́вка (njávka)
Etymology
Originally навка, derived from Proto-Slavic *navь (“deceased”). Later forms мавка and нявка likely come from association with the words мали́й (malýj, “small”) and нявкати (njavkaty, “to meow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmau̯kɐ]
Noun
ма́вка • (mávka) f pers (genitive ма́вки, nominative plural ма́вки, genitive plural ма́вок)
Declension
Declension of ма́вка (pers hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ма́вка mávka |
ма́вки mávky |
| genitive | ма́вки mávky |
ма́вок mávok |
| dative | ма́вці mávci |
ма́вкам mávkam |
| accusative | ма́вку mávku |
ма́вок mávok |
| instrumental | ма́вкою mávkoju |
ма́вками mávkamy |
| locative | ма́вці mávci |
ма́вках mávkax |
| vocative | ма́вко mávko |
ма́вки mávky |
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “ма́вка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 349
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ма́вка”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ма́вка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2022), “ма́вка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–13 (а – покі́рно), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
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