калитка

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, most likely from *колита (*kolita, “door”) +‎ -ка (-ka) with akanye, where *колита (*kolita) comes from кол (kol, “stake, peg”) and its original meaning was "equipped with pegs".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈlʲitkə]

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Noun

кали́тка • (kalítka) f inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки, genitive plural кали́ток)

1. small door in a fence; wicket gate

   садо́вая кали́тка ― sadóvaja kalítka ― garden gate

2. (regional) a small pie

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	кали́тка kalítka	кали́тки kalítki
genitive	кали́тки kalítki	кали́ток kalítok
dative	кали́тке kalítke	кали́ткам kalítkam
accusative	кали́тку kalítku	кали́тки kalítki
instrumental	кали́ткой, кали́ткою kalítkoj, kalítkoju	кали́тками kalítkami
prepositional	кали́тке kalítke	кали́тках kalítkax

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:калитка.

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “калитка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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Ukrainian

Noun

кали́тка • (kalýtka) f inan (genitive кали́тки, nominative plural кали́тки)

1. purse
2. (tobacco) pouch
3. (anatomy) scrotum

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “калитка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka