утка

Macedonian

Noun

утка • (utka) f

1. owl
2. something incorrectly chosen or assumed
3. situation where something is incorrectly chosen or assumed
4. someone who incorrectly chooses or assumes

Inflection

Declension of утка

	singular	plural
indefinite	утка	утки
definite unspecified	утката	утките
definite proximal	уткава	уткиве
definite distal	уткана	уткине
vocative	утко	утки

Synonyms

• ут (ut)
• був (buv)

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Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic уты (uty), from Proto-Slavic *ǫty. Cognate to Lithuanian antis, Latin anas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈutkə]

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Noun

у́тка • (útka) f anim (genitive у́тки, nominative plural у́тки, genitive plural у́ток)

1. duck (also as a food)
2. canard
3. bedpan
4. cleat

Usage notes

This bird is known among the Russians for its greed and gluttony:

• Она́ прожо́рлива, как у́тка — She’s as gluttonous as a pig (lit., duck)!

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	у́тка útka	у́тки útki
genitive	у́тки útki	у́ток útok
dative	у́тке útke	у́ткам útkam
accusative	у́тку útku	у́ток útok
instrumental	у́ткой, у́ткою útkoj, útkoju	у́тками útkami
prepositional	у́тке útke	у́тках útkax

Hyponyms

• се́лезень (sélezenʹ)

Related terms

• утёнок (utjónok)
• ути́ный (utínyj)
• утя́та (utjáta)
• утятница (utjatnica)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊtˈka]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) утка́ • (utká) m inan

1. genitive singular of уто́к (utók)