щіпка

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of obsolete *щи́пка (*ščýpka),[1][2] from щипа́ти (ščypáty). Compare Polish szczypta.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃt͡ʃʲipkɐ]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

щі́пка (ščípkaf inan (genitive щі́пки, nominative plural щіпки́, genitive plural щіпо́к)

  1. pinch (a small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip)
    Synonym: пу́чка f (púčka)
    щі́пка со́ліščípka sólipinch of salt

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щіпка”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 512
  2. ^ Zhelekhivskyi, E. I., Nedilskyi, S., editors (1886), “щи́пка”, in Малоруско-нїмецкий словар [Ukrainian-German Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volumes 2: П – Я, Lviv: Shevchenko Society, page 1106

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