колючка

колю́чий (koljúčij) +‎ -ка (-ka)

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲʉt͡ɕkə]

колю́чка • (koljúčka) f inan (genitive колю́чки, nominative plural колю́чки, genitive plural колю́чек)

1. prickle, prick, thorn

From колю́чий (koljúčyj) +‎ -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key): [koˈlʲut͡ʃkɐ]

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колю́чка • (koljúčka) f inan (genitive колю́чки, nominative plural колючки́, genitive plural колючо́к)

1. prickle, prick (a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
2. barb (anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else)
3. splinter (a long, sharp fragment of material)

   Synonym: ска́лка f (skálka)

4. (botany) thorn (a sharp protective spine of a plant)
5. (zootomy, botany) spine (a pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, or plant)
6. (figuratively) barb (a hurtful or disparaging remark)
7. (figuratively) thorn (that which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome)
   • 1962, Ivan Ivanovitch Ohienko, Біблія або книги Святого Письма Старого і Нового Заповіту [Bible or books of Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments], 2 Corinthians 12:7, page 1431:

     А щоб я через пребагато об'явлень не величався, то дано мені в тіло колючку, посланця сатани, щоб бив в обличчя мене, щоб я не величався.

     A ščob ja čerez prebahato obʺjavlenʹ ne velyčavsja, to dano meni v tilo koljučku, poslancja satany, ščob byv v oblyččja mene, ščob ja ne velyčavsja.

     And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

8. stickleback (fish of the family Gasterosteidae, especially those of the genus Gasterosteus)
9. (colloquial) synonym of ко́лька f (kólʹka, “colic”)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “колючка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 274
• Yuliya Kutsokon, Yuriy Kvach (September 2012) “Українські назви міног і риб фауни України для наукового вжитку [Ukrainian names of lampreys and fishes of the fauna of Ukraine]”, in Studia Biologica‎^[1], volume 6, number 2, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, →DOI, →ISSN, page 212
• “колючка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “колючка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 237
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “колючка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “колючка”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “колючка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “колючка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)