улитка

Russian

Etymology

ули́та (ulíta) +‎ -ка (-ka), apparently from у́лей (úlej), compare for the suffix волоки́та (volokíta), раки́та (rakíta). In Belarusian улі́тка (ulítka); not used in Ukrainian (borrowed however in technical senses as улі́тка (ulítka).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʊˈlʲitkə]
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Noun

ули́тка • (ulítka) f anim (genitive ули́тки, nominative plural ули́тки, genitive plural ули́ток)

snail
(anatomy) cochlea

Declension

Declension of ули́тка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ули́тка ulítka	ули́тки ulítki
genitive	ули́тки ulítki	ули́ток ulítok
dative	ули́тке ulítke	ули́ткам ulítkam
accusative	ули́тку ulítku	ули́ток ulítok
instrumental	ули́ткой, ули́ткою ulítkoj, ulítkoju	ули́тками ulítkami
prepositional	ули́тке ulítke	ули́тках ulítkax

Descendants

→ Turkmen: ulitka

References

Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221–222
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “улитка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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