pecka

See also: Pecka, печка, pečka, and pécka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt͡ska]

• Hyphenation: pec‧ka

Noun

pecka f (relational adjective peckový, diminutive pecička)

1. (botany) stone, kernel (of a fruit)
2. (printing, slang) hickie
3. hit

Declension

Declension of pecka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pecka	pecky
genitive	pecky	pecek
dative	pecce	peckám
accusative	pecku	pecky
vocative	pecko	pecky
locative	pecce	peckách
instrumental	peckou	peckami

Derived terms

• pecička f
• peckovice f
• peckovina f

See also

• jádro n
• semeno n

Further reading

• “pecka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pecka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pecka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian печка (pečka).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpet͡ʃkɑ/, [ˈpe̞t͡ʃk]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpet͡ʃkɑ/, [ˈpe̞t͡ʃkɑ]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃk, -et͡ʃkɑ
• Hyphenation: pec‧ka

Noun

pecka

1. heater (portable device for heating)

Declension

Declension of pecka (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	pecka	peckat
genitive	peckan	peckoin
partitive	peckaa	peckoja
illative	peckaa	peckoi
inessive	peckaas	peckois
elative	peckast	peckoist
allative	peckalle	peckoille
adessive	peckaal	peckoil
ablative	peckalt	peckoilt
translative	peckaks	peckoiks
essive	peckanna, peckaan	peckoinna, peckoin
exessive1)	peckant	peckoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 403

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• pocka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /pɛt͡ska/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /pɛt͡ska/

Noun

pecka f

1. (botany) kernel, pip, pit, stone (central part of some fruits)

   Synonyms: jądro, kostka

   • 1877-1881 [1437], Władysław Wisłocki, editor, Katalog rękopisów Biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, number 228, page 85:

     Arula p[y]eczka uel costka

     [Arula p[y]ecka uel kostka]

Descendants

• Polish: pestka

Further reading

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “pecka, pocka, też pl. tantum pecki, pocki”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt͡s.ka/

Noun

pecka f

1. (Eastern Kraków, construction) stone or block that is placed under a sill plate

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “pecka”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 308