дека

See also: дека-

Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъde (“where”), with loss of the yer and simplification of the initial cluster, and extended with the adverbial suffix -ка (-ka). The shift from a locative to a completive function appears to be calqued on Greek που (pou).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɛka]
Rhymes: -ɛka
Hyphenation: де‧ка

Conjunction

дека • (deka)

that
(colloquial) because

Adverb

дека • (deka)

(dialectal) nonstandard form of каде (kade)

Russian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɛkə] (phonetic respelling: дэ́ка)

Noun

де́ка • (dɛ́ka) f inan (genitive де́ки, nominative plural де́ки, genitive plural дек)

sounding board

Declension

Declension of де́ка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	де́ка dɛ́ka	де́ки dɛ́ki
genitive	де́ки dɛ́ki	де́к dɛ́k
dative	де́ке dɛ́ke	де́кам dɛ́kam
accusative	де́ку dɛ́ku	де́ки dɛ́ki
instrumental	де́кой, де́кою dɛ́koj, dɛ́koju	де́ками dɛ́kami
prepositional	де́ке dɛ́ke	де́ках dɛ́kax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier дедка, from деда +‎ -ка.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /děːka/
Hyphenation: де‧ка

Noun

де́ка m anim (Latin spelling déka)

(hypocoristic) grandfather, grandpa

Declension

Declension of *дека*
	singular	plural
nominative	дека	деке
genitive	деке	дека
dative	деки	декама
accusative	деку	деке
vocative	деко	деке
locative	деки	декама
instrumental	деком	декама

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Decke.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dêka/
Hyphenation: де‧ка

Noun

де̏ка f (Latin spelling dȅka)

(chiefly Croatia) blanket
Synonym: ће̏бе

Declension

Declension of *дека*
	singular	plural
nominative	де̏ка	деке
genitive	деке	де̑ка̄
dative	деки	декама
accusative	деку	деке
vocative	деко	деке
locative	деки	декама
instrumental	деком	декама