сойка
Belarusian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsojka]
Noun
со́йка • (sójka) f animal (genitive со́йкі, nominative plural со́йкі, genitive plural со́ек)
- jay (bird)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | со́йка sójka |
со́йкі sójki |
genitive | со́йкі sójki |
со́ек sójek |
dative | со́йцы sójcy |
со́йкам sójkam |
accusative | со́йку sójku |
со́ек sójek |
instrumental | со́йкай, со́йкаю sójkaj, sójkaju |
со́йкамі sójkami |
locative | со́йцы sójcy |
со́йках sójkax |
count form | — | со́йкі1 sójki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Bulgarian

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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *sojьka. Morphologically equivalent to со́а (sóa) (dialectal) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔjkə]
Noun
со́йка • (sójka) f
- jay (bird of genus Garrulus (for Old World jays) or Cyanocitta (for New World jays))
Declension
Alternative forms
- со́а (sóa) – dialectal variant of an earlier *soja
- со́кер m (sóker), со́кa f (sóka)
Hyponyms
- еврази́йска со́йка (evrazíjska sójka, “Eurasian jay, Garrulus garrulus”)
- си́ня со́йка (sínja sójka, “blue jay, Cyanocitta cristata”)
Related terms
References
- сойка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- сойка in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “сойка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 286
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sojьka. Synchronically analyzable as со́я (sója, “jay (dialectal)”) + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Ukrainian со́я (sója), Belarusian со́я (sója), Bulgarian со́йка (sójka), Serbo-Croatian со̑јка, Slovene sȏjka (“type of jackdaw”) (tonal orthography), Czech sojka (“jay”), Slovak sojka (“jay”), Polish soja (also sójka), Upper Sorbian soja. Per Vasmer, presumably related to Russian сия́ть (sijátʹ, “to shine”), based on the colorful feathers.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsojkə]
Noun
со́йка • (sójka) f anim (genitive со́йки, nominative plural со́йки, genitive plural со́ек)
- Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сойка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔi̯kɐ]
Noun
со́йка • (sójka) f animal (genitive со́йки, nominative plural со́йки, genitive plural со́йок)
- jay (bird)
Declension
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сойка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka