чайка

Bulgarian

Обикновена чайка (буревестница)
Сребриста чайка

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry ча-ча (ča-ča). Compare Latvian kaija (mew gull), Estonian kajakas (gull).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃa̟jkɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f (relational adjective ча́йков)

  1. seagull, seamew (seabird of family Laridae)
    Synonyms: мо́рски гъ́лъб (mórski gǎ́lǎb), (dialectal) кре́я (kréja)

Declension

Hyponyms

References

  • чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • чайка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕæjkə]
  • (file)

Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f anim (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́ек, relational adjective ча́ячий)

  1. seagull
Declension
Descendants
  • Bezhta: чайка (čajka)
  • Southern Yukaghir: чайка (čajka)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪjˈka]

Noun

чайка́ • (čajká) m inan

  1. genitive singular of чаёк (čajók)

Southern Yukaghir

Чайка.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чайка (čajka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕai̯ka]
  • Rhymes: -ajka
  • Hyphenation: чай‧ка

Noun

чайка (čajka) (diminutive чайкадиэ)

  1. gull

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Elena Maslova (2003) A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 191

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *čajьka, from onomatopoeia of cry *kē.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃai̯kɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f animal (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки or чайки́, genitive plural ча́йок or чайо́к)

  1. seagull

Declension

Noun

ча́йка • (čájka) f inan (genitive ча́йки, nominative plural ча́йки, genitive plural ча́йок)

  1. (historical) a type of boat used by Zaporozhian Cossacks

Declension

References

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