осока

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, possibly cognate with сечь (sečʹ, “to cut, to chop”) (1sg. секу́ (sekú)). Others propose a connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂еḱ- (“sharp”) (whence Russian о́стрый (óstryj)), relating the term to Lithuanian ašakà (“fishbone”), also ãšaka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐˈsokə]

Noun

осо́ка • (osóka) f inan (genitive осо́ки, nominative plural осо́ки, genitive plural осо́к)

sedge

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	осо́ка osóka	осо́ки osóki
genitive	осо́ки osóki	осо́к osók
dative	осо́ке osóke	осо́кам osókam
accusative	осо́ку osóku	осо́ки osóki
instrumental	осо́кой, осо́кою osókoj, osókoju	осо́ками osókami
prepositional	осо́ке osóke	осо́ках osókax

Derived terms

осо́ковый (osókovyj)
осо́чка (osóčka)

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