местечко

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Etymology[edit]

Diminutive of ме́сто (mésto, place), the meaning "town, city" was borrowed from Polish miasteczko.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈsʲtʲet͡ɕkə]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

месте́чко (mestéčkon inan (genitive месте́чка, nominative plural месте́чки, genitive plural месте́чек)

  1. Diminutive of ме́сто (mésto)
  2. A small village or town on the territory of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  3. A shtetl, small Jewish village.

Declension[edit]