сойка

See also: сојка and соиқа

Belarusian

Noun

1. jay (bird)

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔikə/

Noun

со́йка • (sójka) f

1. jay (Garrulus glandarius)

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Russian

Etymology

From со́я (sója, “jay (dialectal)”) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Old East Slavic соя (soja). Cognate with Ukrainian со́я (sója), Belarusian со́я (sója), Bulgarian со́йка (sójka), Serbo-Croatian со̑јка, Slovene sȏjka (“type of jackdaw”) (tonal orthography), Czech sojka (“jay”), Slovak sojka (“jay”), Polish soja (also sójka), Upper Sorbian soja. Per Vasmer, presumably related to Russian сия́ть (sijátʹ, “to shine”), based on the colorful feathers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsojkə]

Noun

со́йка • (sójka) f anim (genitive со́йки, nominative plural со́йки, genitive plural со́ек)

1. Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Declension

Declension of со́йка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	со́йка sójka	со́йки sójki
genitive	со́йки sójki	со́ек sójek
dative	со́йке sójke	со́йкам sójkam
accusative	со́йку sójku	со́ек sójek
instrumental	со́йкой, со́йкою sójkoj, sójkoju	со́йками sójkami
prepositional	со́йке sójke	со́йках sójkax

References

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

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Ukrainian

Noun

1. jay (bird)

References

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