жвачка

Russian

Etymology

From dialectal жва́ка (žváka, chewing) + -ка (-ka), itself from жева́ть (ževátʹ, to chew).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): [ˈʐvat͡ɕkə]

Noun

жва́чка • (žváčka) f inan (genitive жва́чки, nominative plural жва́чки, genitive plural жва́чек)

  1. rumination, chewing
  2. cud
Declension
  • жва́к (žvák)
  • жва́чный (žváčnyj)

Pronunciation 2

жвачка (2)
  • IPA(key): [ˈʐvat͡ɕkə]
  • IPA(key): [ʐɨˈvat͡ɕkə] (phonetic respelling: жева́чка)
  • (nonstandard or childish) IPA(key): [ʐʊˈvat͡ɕkə] (phonetic respelling: жува́чка)

Noun

жва́чка • (žváčka) f inan (genitive жва́чки, nominative plural жва́чки, genitive plural жва́чек)

  1. (colloquial) chewing-gum
    Synonym: жева́тельная рези́нка (ževátelʹnaja rezínka)
Declension
Alternative forms

References

  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “жвачка”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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