стежка
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Ukrainian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Slavic *stьžьka, from *stьga + *-ъka (diminutive of *stьdza) , compare Lower Sorbian sćažka, Upper Sorbian šćežka, Polish ścieżka, Slovak cestička, Czech stezka, Belarusian сце́жка (scjéžka).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]сте́жка • (stéžka) f inan (genitive сте́жки, nominative plural стежки́, genitive plural стежо́к, relational adjective сте́жний, diminutive сте́женька or сте́жечка)
- trail, track, path (a trail which is trodden by people or animals)
- Synonyms: доріжка (dorižka), дорога (doroha), шлях (šljax), траєкторія (trajektorija), прохід (proxid), курс (kurs)
- 1910, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Fata Morgana[1], part 2, New York: Книгоспілка, published 1955:
- Сніги впали великі, і Андрій радо прокидає од порога до воріт стежку
- Snihy vpaly velyki, i Andrij rado prokydaje od poroha do vorit stežku
- A lot of snow fell, and Andrii gladly made a path from the threshold to the gate
- track, trail (prints or tracks left behind when something passes by)
- Synonym: слід (slid)
- (figurative) path, course, trail, track
- 1967, Комуніст України, part 11, page 56:
- В одинадцять років став я учнем слюсаря. Отоді й ступив уперше на робітничу стежку, що вивела мене потім на великий революційний шлях.
- V odynadcjatʹ rokiv stav ja učnem sljusarja. Otodi j stupyv uperše na robitnyču stežku, ščo vyvela mene potim na velykyj revoljucijnyj šljax.
- At the age of eleven, I became a locksmith's apprentice. It was then that I first set foot on the worker's path, which later led me on the great revolutionary course.
Declension
[edit]Declension of сте́жка (inan hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
Derived terms
[edit]- топта́ти сте́жку до ді́вчини (toptáty stéžku do dívčyny, “to court a young woman”)
- спа́сти на чию́сь сте́жку (spásty na čyjúsʹ stéžku, “to follow one's example”)
- ступати на похилу стежку (stupaty na poxylu stežku, “to decline morally, go down the wrong path”, literally “to descend an inclined path”)
References
[edit]- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “стежка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, pages 405-406
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стезя́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
[edit]- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “стежка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “стежка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “стежка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “стежка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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