запалка
Belarusian
Etymology
From запа́льваць (zapálʹvacʹ, “to ignite, to set fire”) + -лка (-lka). Compare Polish zapałka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zaˈpaɫka]
Audio: (file)
Noun
запа́лка • (zapálka) f inan (genitive запа́лкі, nominative plural запа́лкі, genitive plural запа́лак)
- match (a device to make fire)
- Synonym: се́рнік (sjérnik)
- 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 302:
- Ён не спяшаючыся паднёс запалку да свечкі, запаліў яе, кінуў запалку на падлогу і затаптаў нагою.
- Jon nje spjašajučysja padnjós zapalku da svječki, zapaliŭ jaje, kinuŭ zapalku na padlóhu i zataptaŭ nahóju.
- [original: He lighted the candle from the flaring match with great deliberation, and dropped the match, and trod it out.]
Declension
Declension of запа́лка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | запа́лка zapálka |
запа́лкі zapálki |
| genitive | запа́лкі zapálki |
запа́лак zapálak |
| dative | запа́лцы zapálcy |
запа́лкам zapálkam |
| accusative | запа́лку zapálku |
запа́лкі zapálki |
| instrumental | запа́лкай, запа́лкаю zapálkaj, zapálkaju |
запа́лкамі zapálkami |
| locative | запа́лцы zapálcy |
запа́лках zapálkax |
| count form | — | запа́лкі1 zapálki1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “запалка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “запалка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Bulgarian
Etymology
Formed as запа́лвам (zapálvam, “to ignite, to set fire”) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zɐˈpaɫkɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
запа́лка • (zapálka) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | запа́лка zapálka |
запа́лки zapálki |
| definite | запа́лката zapálkata |
запа́лките zapálkite |
References
- “запалка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “запалка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzapaɫka]
Noun
запалка • (zapalka) f (plural запалки)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | запалка (zapalka) | запалки (zapalki) |
| definite unspecified | запалката (zapalkata) | запалките (zapalkite) |
| definite proximal | запалкава (zapalkava) | запалкиве (zapalkive) |
| definite distal | запалкана (zapalkana) | запалкине (zapalkine) |
| vocative | запалке (zapalke) | запалки (zapalki) |
References
- запалка in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)