мечка

From Proto-Slavic *mečьka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt͡ʃkɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): меч‧ка
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃkɐ

ме́чка • (méčka) f (masculine мечо́к)

1. (zoology) female equivalent of мечо́к (mečók): bear (usually a female one), she-bear

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečьka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt͡ʃka]

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• Hyphenation: меч‧ка

мечка • (mečka) f (plural мечки, masculine мечок, relational adjective мечкин, diminutive мече or меченце)

1. (zoology) bear
2. (figurative) hulk (big, clumsy person)

• мече n (meče)

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

Inherited from Old East Slavic мечька (mečĭka), from Proto-Slavic *mečьka (“she-bear”), further origin uncertain.

мечка • (mečka) f animal

1. she-bear

   Synonym: медвѣдица (medvědica)

• Belarusian: ме́чка (mjéčka)
• → Latvian: meška
• → Lithuanian: meškà, mẽškė

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мечка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 20

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečьka.

• IPA^(key): /mêt͡ʃka/
• Hyphenation: меч‧ка

ме̏чка f (Latin spelling mȅčka)

1. she-bear, female bear
2. show-bear, trained bear that performs at fairs
3. (slang) A Mercedes-Benz car

• “мечка” in Hrvatski jezični portal