стычка

Russian

Etymology

Per Dal, from стыка́ть (stykátʹ, to connect, to join) + -ка (-ka); presumably the sense development was "joining" → "meeting" → "skirmishing".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɨt͡ɕkə]

Noun

сты́чка • (stýčka) f inan (genitive сты́чки, nominative plural сты́чки, genitive plural сты́чек)

  1. skirmish (brief battle between small groups)

Declension

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