дойка

See also: дојка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Bulgarian дой (doj)

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀder.

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Church Slavonic -ъка (-ŭka)

Proto-Slavic *-ьka

Old Church Slavonic -ька (-ĭka)

Bulgarian -ка (-ka)

Bulgarian дойка

From дой (doj, “nourishment, milking”) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔjkɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔjkɐ
• Syllabification^(key): дой‧ка

Noun

до́йка • (dójka) f

1. wetnurse

   Synonym: кърма́чка (kărmáčka)

2. (by extension) babysitter, caretaker for a baby

   Synonyms: бава́чка (baváčka), гледа́чка (gledáčka)

3. (dialectal) female breast

   Synonyms: бо́зка (bózka), гърда́ (gărdá)

Declension

Declension of до́йка

	singular	plural
indefinite	до́йка dójka	до́йки dójki
definite	до́йката dójkata	до́йките dójkite
vocative form	до́йко dójko	до́йки dójki

Descendants

• → Romanian: doică

References

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

Russian

Etymology

дои́ть (doítʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdojkə]

Noun

до́йка • (dójka) f inan (genitive до́йки, nominative plural до́йки, genitive plural до́ек)

1. milking
2. (vulgar) milker, breast of a human female

Declension

Declension of до́йка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	до́йка dójka	до́йки dójki
genitive	до́йки dójki	до́ек dójek
dative	до́йке dójke	до́йкам dójkam
accusative	до́йку dójku	до́йки dójki
instrumental	до́йкой, до́йкою dójkoj, dójkoju	до́йками dójkami
prepositional	до́йке dójke	до́йках dójkax