цепочка

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From це́пка (cépka, small chain, chainlet) (folk poetic) + -ка (-ka), or directly from цепь (cepʹ) + -о́чка (-óčka). In either case, the stress on the suffix is unexpected.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨˈpot͡ɕkə]
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Noun

цепо́чка • (cepóčka) f inan (genitive цепо́чки, nominative plural цепо́чки, genitive plural цепо́чек)

  1. diminutive of цепь (cepʹ) chain, chainlet (series of interconnected rings or links)
    • 2013, Владимир Сорокин, chapter X, in Теллурия, Corpus; English translation from Max Lawton, transl., Telluria, New York Review Books, 2022:
      Богданка не услышал, а скорее почувствовал, с каким трудом руки Владимира справляются с дверной цепочкой.
      Bogdanka ne uslyšal, a skoreje počuvstvoval, s kakim trudom ruki Vladimira spravljajutsja s dvernoj cepočkoj.
      Bogdanka didn’t hear, but rather felt with what terrible difficulty Vladimir’s hands were attempting to unfasten the door chain.
  2. choker (jewellery)

Declension

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