батька

Russian

Etymology 1

From ба́тя (bátja) +‎ -ка (-ka), originally a diminutive. Cognates include Ukrainian ба́тько (bátʹko), Belarusian ба́цька (bácʹka).

Pronunciation

Noun

ба́тька • (bátʹkam anim (genitive ба́тьки, nominative plural ба́тьки, genitive plural ба́тек)

  1. (colloquial) father, dad
    не лезь поперёд батьки в пеклоne lezʹ poperjód batʹki v peklodon't jump the gun; haste makes waste
  2. (colloquial) "father", boss, master, lord, kingpin, number one, pro
  3. (colloquial) a nickname for president of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • ба́тька: IPA(key): [ˈbatʲkə]
  • батька́: IPA(key): [bɐtʲˈka]

Noun

ба́тька • (bátʹkam anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of ба́тько (bátʹko)

Noun

батька́ • (batʹkám anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of батько́ (batʹkó)

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbatʲkɐ]

Noun

ба́тька • (bátʹka)

  1. genitive/accusative singular of ба́тько (bátʹko)