почка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Per Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (it splits the term into two separate lemmas), perhaps:

  • From Proto-Slavic *potъčьka, equivalent to потъка (potǎka, to weave up, to entwine) +‎ -ка (-ka);
  • From Proto-Slavic *počьka, equivalent to *počьkati (to thrust, to shove) +‎ *-a (cf. dial. Russian почка́ть (počkátʹ, to kick up)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

по́чка • (póčkaf (dialectal)

  1. boundary between slots of land (usually in the form of an embankment or a hedge)
  2. (Torlak dialects) edge, brink

Declension

Declension of по́чка
singular plural
indefinite по́чка
póčka
по́чки
póčki
definite по́чката
póčkata
по́чките
póčkite

Coordinate terms

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpot͡ɕkə]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic почька (počĭka). Vasmer suggests derivation from печь (pečʹ, bake); compare пе́чень (péčenʹ, liver).

Noun

по́чка • (póčkaf inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. kidney
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: պոչկա (počʻka)
  • Ingrian: pocka

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic почька (počĭka), from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka. Compare Ukrainian по́чки (póčky), Polish pestka, Czech pecka, Slovene реčkà.

Noun

по́чка • (póčkaf inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. bud
Declension
Descendants

Further reading

  • почка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru