щука

See also: штука

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtukɐ]

Noun

щу́ка • (štúkaf

  1. pike, jack, pickerel

Declension

Declension of щу́ка
singular plural
indefinite щу́ка
štúka
щу́ки
štúki
definite щу́ката
štúkata
щу́ките
štúkite
vocative form щу́ко
štúko
щу́ки
štúki

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic *щу́ка (*ščúka), from Proto-Slavic *ščùka. Cognate with Russian щу́ка (ščúka), Old Novgorodian щю́ка (śćjúka), dialectal Old Polish szczuka. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

щука • (ščukaf animal

  1. pike (fish)
    повинни давать… по щуцѣ вялой зъ дымуⸯpovinni davatʹ… po ščucě vjaloj z dymuj(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    харчы въ дорогу купили розное… щукъ спорыхъ вялыхъ двѣxarčy v dorohu kupili roznoje… ščuk sporyx vjalyx dvě(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    купили… рыбы вялой щуки 3, бакавни, лини 2kupili… ryby vjaloj ščuki 3, bakavni, lini 2(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  • щупа́къ (ščupák)

Descendants

  • Carpathian Rusyn: щу́ка (ščúka)
  • Ukrainian: щу́ка (ščúka); щю́ка (ščjúka) (dialectal)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щука”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 250

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

щу́ка • (ščúkaf anim (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук, diminutive щу́чка)

  1. pike (any freshwater fish of the genus Esox, a relatively large, predatory fish)
  2. KSShch (Soviet anti-ship cruise missile)

Declension

Derived terms

  • прищу́чить pf (priščúčitʹ), прищу́чивать impf (priščúčivatʹ)
  • ущу́чить pf (uščúčitʹ), ущу́чивать impf (uščúčivatʹ)
  • щурёнок m anim (ščurjónok)
  • щу́чий (ščúčij)

Compounds:

  • по щу́чьему веле́нью (po ščúčʹjemu velénʹju)

Descendants

Further reading

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian щу́ка (ščúka).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

щу́ка • (ščúkaf animal (genitive щу́ки, nominative plural щу́ки, genitive plural щук)

  1. pike (fish)

Declension

Declension of щу́ка
(animal hard fem-form accent-a)
singular plural
nominative щу́ка
ščúka
щу́ки
ščúky
genitive щу́ки
ščúky
щук
ščuk
dative щу́ці
ščúci
щу́кам
ščúkam
accusative щу́ку
ščúku
щу́ки, щук
ščúky, ščuk
instrumental щу́кою
ščúkoju
щу́ками
ščúkamy
locative щу́ці
ščúci
щу́ках
ščúkax
vocative щу́ко
ščúko
щу́ки
ščúky

References