кавычка

Russian

Etymology

кавы́ка (kavýka, “breve, hook”) +‎ -ка (-ka); according to Chernykh, likely related to dialectal ка́выш (kávyš, “duckling”), ка́вка (kávka, “frog”), кавы́кать (kavýkatʹ, “to hobble”), suggesting the sense development “webbed footprint” → “a hook-like diacritic” → “quotation mark”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɐˈvɨt͡ɕkə]
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Noun

кавы́чка • (kavýčka) f inan (genitive кавы́чки, nominative plural кавы́чки, genitive plural кавы́чек)

quotation mark (either [«◌»] or [„◌“])
Synonyms: ёлочка (jóločka, «◌»), ла́пка (lápka, „◌“)

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	кавы́чка kavýčka	кавы́чки kavýčki
genitive	кавы́чки kavýčki	кавы́чек kavýček
dative	кавы́чке kavýčke	кавы́чкам kavýčkam
accusative	кавы́чку kavýčku	кавы́чки kavýčki
instrumental	кавы́чкой, кавы́чкою kavýčkoj, kavýčkoju	кавы́чками kavýčkami
prepositional	кавы́чке kavýčke	кавы́чках kavýčkax

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