улитка

Russian

Etymology

ули́та (ulíta) +‎ -ка (-ka), apparently from у́лей (úlej), compare for the suffix волоки́та (volokíta), раки́та (rakíta). In Belarusian улі́тка (ulítka); not used in Ukrainian (borrowed however in technical senses as улі́тка (ulítka).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʊˈlʲitkə]
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Noun

ули́тка • (ulítka) f anim (genitive ули́тки, nominative plural ули́тки, genitive plural ули́ток)

  1. snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea

Declension
Declension of ули́тка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative ули́тка
ulítka		 ули́тки
ulítki
genitive ули́тки
ulítki		 ули́ток
ulítok
dative ули́тке
ulítke		 ули́ткам
ulítkam
accusative ули́тку
ulítku		 ули́ток
ulítok
instrumental ули́ткой, ули́ткою
ulítkoj, ulítkoju		 ули́тками
ulítkami
prepositional ули́тке
ulítke		 ули́тках
ulítkax

Descendants
  • → Turkmen: ulitka

References
  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221–222
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “улитка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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