щука

From Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtukə]

щу́ка • (štúka) f

1. pike, jack, pickerel

Inherited from Old East Slavic *щу́ка (*ščúka), from Proto-Slavic *ščùka. Cognate with Russian щу́ка (ščúka), Old Novgorodian щю́ка (ščjúka), dialectal Old Polish szczuka. First attested in the 16th century.

щу́ка • (transliteration needed) f anim

1. pike (fish)
   • повинни давать… по щуцѣ вялой зъ дымуⸯ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
   • харчы въ дорогу купили розное… щукъ спорыхъ вялыхъ двѣ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
   • купили… рыбы вялой щуки 3, бакавни, лини 2 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• щупа́къ

• Rusyn: щу́ка (ščúka)
• Ukrainian: щу́ка (ščúka); щю́ка (ščjúka) (dialectal)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щука”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 250

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɕːukə]

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щу́ка • (ščúka) f anim (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук)

1. pike (any freshwater fish of the genus Esox, a relatively large, predatory fish)

• щу́чий (ščúčij)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian щу́ка.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃt͡ʃukɐ]

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щу́ка • (ščúka) f animal (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук)

1. pike (fish)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “щука”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka