арка

See also: арқа, арҡа, and ярка

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarkɐ]

Noun

а́рка • (árka) f

1. (architecture) arch

Declension

Declension of а́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	а́рка árka	а́рки árki
definite	а́рката árkata	а́рките árkite

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Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arka. Kazakh арқа (arqa), Southern Altai арка (arka), Crimean Tatar arqa, Karachay-Balkar аркъа (arqa), Kumyk аркъа (arqa), Bashkir арҡа (arqa), Azerbaijani arxa, Turkish arka, Western Yugur arqa, etc.

Noun

арка • (arka) (Arabic spelling ارقا)

1. back

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarka]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

арка • (arka) f (plural арки)

1. ark, Noah's Ark
2. arch

Declension

Declension of арка

	singular	plural
indefinite	арка	арки
definite unspecified	арката	арките
definite proximal	аркава	аркиве
definite distal	аркана	аркине
vocative	арко	арки

References

• “арка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Anagrams

• кара (kara), рака (raka)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarkə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

а́рка • (árka) f inan (genitive а́рки, nominative plural а́рки, genitive plural а́рок)

1. arch, archway, arc

Declension

Declension of а́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	а́рка árka	а́рки árki
genitive	а́рки árki	а́рок árok
dative	а́рке árke	а́ркам árkam
accusative	а́рку árku	а́рки árki
instrumental	а́ркой, а́ркою árkoj, árkoju	а́рками árkami
prepositional	а́рке árke	а́рках árkax

Related terms

• арочка (aročka)
• арка́да (arkáda)
• арочный (aročnyj)

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: арка (arka)

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *arka, etc. Kazakh арқа (arqa), Kyrgyz арка (arka), Crimean Tatar arqa, Karachay-Balkar аркъа (arqa), Kumyk аркъа (arqa), Bashkir арҡа (arqa), Azerbaijani arxa, Turkish arka, Western Yugur arqa, etc.

Noun

арка • (arka)

1. back

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́рка (árka), from Italian arco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarkɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

а́рка • (árka) f inan (genitive а́рки, nominative plural а́рки, genitive plural а́рок)

1. arch, archway

Declension

Declension of а́рка (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	а́рка árka	а́рки árky
genitive	а́рки árky	а́рок árok
dative	а́рці árci	а́ркам árkam
accusative	а́рку árku	а́рки árky
instrumental	а́ркою árkoju	а́рками árkamy
locative	а́рці árci	а́рках árkax
vocative	а́рко árko	а́рки árky

Derived terms

• тріумфа́льна а́рка f (triumfálʹna árka)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “арка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “арка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “арка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “арка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)