цевка

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool) + *-ъka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛfka]

Noun

цевка • (cevkaf (diminutive цевче)

  1. tube, pipe
  2. straw (drinking)
  3. Used in expressions equivalent to "not give a damn".

Declension

Declension of цевка
singular plural
indefinite цевка (cevka) цевки (cevki)
definite unspecified цевката (cevkata) цевките (cevkite)
definite proximal цевкава (cevkava) цевкиве (cevkive)
definite distal цевкана (cevkana) цевкине (cevkine)
vocative цевко (cevko) цевки (cevki)

Derived terms

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣвъка (cěvŭka), from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool) + *-ъka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛfkə]

Noun

це́вка • (cévkaf inan (genitive це́вки, nominative plural це́вки, genitive plural це́вок)

  1. bobbin
  2. bone (especially a hollow one)
  3. (dialectal) shinbone
  4. tarsometatarsus

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • цевка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From це̑в.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sêːʋka/
  • Hyphenation: цев‧ка

Noun

це̑вка f (Latin spelling cȇvka)

  1. tubule

Declension

Declension of цевка
singular plural
nominative це̑вка цевке
genitive цевке це̑вка̄/це̏ва̄ка̄/це̑вкӣ
dative цевци / цевки цевкама
accusative цевку цевке
vocative цевко цевке
locative цевци / цевки цевкама
instrumental цевком цевкама

References

  • цевка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025