стычка

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Russian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Per Dal, from стыка́ть (stykátʹ, to connect, to join) +‎ -ка (-ka); presumably the sense development was "joining" → "meeting" → "skirmishing".

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

сты́чка (stýčkaf inan (genitive сты́чки, nominative plural сты́чки, genitive plural сты́чек)

  1. skirmish (brief battle between small groups)

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