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)
Declension
Related terms
- жва́к (žvák)
- жва́чный (žváčnyj)
Pronunciation 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)
- (colloquial) chewing-gum
- Synonym: жева́тельная рези́нка (ževátelʹnaja rezínka)
Declension
Alternative forms
- (sometimes proscribed) жева́чка (ževáčka)
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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