kibitka

See also: kibitką

English

A kibitka on display in a Polish museum

Alternative forms

• kabitka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪˈbɪtkə/

Noun

kibitka (plural kibitkas)

1. A Russian type of telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats.
   • 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:

     Three kinds of conveyances are available: the telega, or cart without springs, which has to be changed at every station, and for which a charge of about 8d. is made at every stage; the kibitka, or cart (in winter a sledge) with a hood; and the tarantas, a kind of carriage on wooden springs, which admits of the traveller lying down full length, and which can be made very comfortable at night.

2. A circular tent or yurt used by various nomadic peoples such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 328:

     On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.

Synonyms

• (tent): yurt

Translations

carriage or sleigh

• Belarusian: кiбíтка f (kibítka)
• Czech: kibitka f
• Finnish: umpivaunu (carriage); kuomureki (sleigh)
• French: kibitka (fr) f
• German: Kibitke f
• Mongolian: хэбид (xebid)
• Polish: kibitka (pl) f
• Romanian: chibitcă (ro) f
• Russian: киби́тка (ru) f (kibítka)
• Ukrainian: киби́тка (uk) f (kybýtka)

tent — see also yurt

• Finnish: jurtta (fi)
• Russian: киби́тка (ru) f (kibítka)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.bit.ka/

Noun

kibitka m (plural kibitkas)

1. kibitka

   Synonym: kibick

   Hypernym: troïka

Further reading

• “kibitka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈbit.ka/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -itka
• Syllabification: ki‧bit‧ka

Noun

kibitka f

1. (historical) kibitka (carriage or sleigh)

Declension

Declension of kibitka

	singular	plural
nominative	kibitka	kibitki
genitive	kibitki	kibitek
dative	kibitce	kibitkom
accusative	kibitkę	kibitki
instrumental	kibitką	kibitkami
locative	kibitce	kibitkach
vocative	kibitko	kibitki

Further reading

• kibitka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kibitka in Polish dictionaries at PWN