чайка

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry ча-ча (ča-ča). Compare Latvian kaija (“mew gull”), Estonian kajakas (“gull”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃa̟jkɐ]

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ча́йка • (čájka) f (relational adjective ча́йков)

1. seagull, seamew (seabird of family Laridae)

   Synonyms: мо́рски гъ́лъб (mórski gǎ́lǎb), (dialectal) кре́я (kréja)

• ча́йка буреве́стница (čájka burevéstnica, “common gull (Larus canus)”) (literally: gull storm-foreshadower)
• сребри́ста ча́йка (srebrísta čájka, “silver gull (Larus argentatus)”)
• черногъ́рба ча́йка (černogǎ́rba čájka, “black-backed gull (Larus marinus)”)
• черногла́ва ча́йка (černogláva čájka, “Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus)”) (literally: black-headed gull)
• поля́рна ча́йка (poljárna čájka, “polar gull (Larus hyperboreus)”)
• дългоклю́на ча́йка (dǎlgokljúna čájka, “slender-bill gull (Chroicocephalus genei)”)

• ка́ня (kánja, “kite (bird)”)

• “чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕæjkə]

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ча́йка • (čájka) f anim (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́ек, relational adjective ча́ячий)

1. seagull
2. Chaika (Soviet watch brand)
3. Chaika (series of Soviet 35 mm half-frame cameras)
4. Chaika (Soviet luxury automobile)
   • 1997, Александр Коржаков [Alexander Korzhakov], “Знакомство”, in Борис Ельцин: от рассвета до заката, Москва: Интербук; English translation from Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Dusk, (Please provide a date or year):

     В ЗИ́Ле и́ли «Ча́йке» Бори́с Никола́евич всегда́ сиде́л на за́днем сиде́нии.

     V ZÍLe íli «Čájke» Borís Nikolájevič vsegdá sidél na zádnem sidénii.

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5. Chaika (Soviet sesquiplane fighter)
6. Chayka (Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft)
7. Chaika (Russian amphibious aircraft)
8. Chayka (Soviet and Russian terrestrial radio navigation system)

• за́падная ча́йка (západnaja čájka)

• → Bezhta: чайка (čajka)
• → Southern Yukaghir: чайка (čajka)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “чайка”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪjˈka]

чайка́ • (čajká) m inan

1. genitive singular of чаёк (čajók)

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

Borrowed from Russian чайка (čajka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕai̯ka]
• Rhymes: -ajka
• Hyphenation: чай‧ка

чайка (čajka) (diminutive чайкадиэ)

1. gull

• моттушкаа (mottuškā)

• Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 191

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃai̯kɐ]

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ча́йка • (čájka) f animal (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки or чайки́, genitive plural ча́йок or чайо́к)

1. seagull

   Synonym: марти́н (martýn)

2. northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

ча́йка • (čájka) f inan (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́йок)

1. (historical) a type of boat used by Zaporozhian Cossacks

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “чайка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka