косатка

Bulgarian

Косатка.

Etymology

From косат (kosat, hatchet, fin) (dated) + -ка (-ka), a calque of Latin orca (originally meaning oryx, pickaxe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈsatkɐ]

Noun

коса́тка • (kosátka) f

  1. grampus, killer whale, orca

Declension

References

  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

From коса́т (kosát, oryx) (dated) + -ка (-ka). By surface analysis, коса́ (kosá, scythe) + -а́тка (-átka). A calque of Latin orca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈsatkə]
  • (file)

Noun

коса́тка • (kosátka) f anim (genitive коса́тки, nominative plural коса́тки, genitive plural коса́ток)

  1. killer whale, orca (Orcinus orca)
  2. falcated duck (Anas falcata)
  3. naked catfish, bagrid catfish (Bagridae spp., Siluriformes).
  4. Obsolete spelling of каса́тка (kasátka); barn swallow

Declension

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