šaka

See also: Appendix:Variations of "saka"

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śokˀāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂- (“wooden branch”). Cognate with Latvian sakas (“horse's collar”) and Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā, “branch”); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɐˈkɐ]

Noun

šakà f (plural šãkos) stress pattern 4

1. a branch (of a tree)
2. a branch (of a science)

Declension

Declension of šakà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	šakà	šãkos
genitive (kilmininkas)	šakõs	šakų̃
dative (naudininkas)	šãkai	šakóms
accusative (galininkas)	šãką	šakàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	šakà	šakomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	šakojè	šakosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	šãka	šãkos

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *čakati (“to hold, to grab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâka/
• Hyphenation: ša‧ka

Noun

šȁka f (Cyrillic spelling ша̏ка, augmentative šačetina)

1. hand

   Synonym: ruka

2. (regional, Croatia) fist

Declension

Declension of šaka

	singular	plural
nominative	šȁka	šake
genitive	šake	šȃkā
dative	šȁci	šakama
accusative	šaku	šake
vocative	šako	šake
locative	šȁci	šakama
instrumental	šakom	šakama

Further reading

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