алка

See also: -аљка

Bulgarian

Алки

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse alka (“seabird with dark plumage”), back-formed from the scientific name Alcae (“auks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫkɐ]

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Noun

а́лка • (álka) f

1. auklet (seabird of genus Aethia)

   Synonym: (standard term) коню́га (konjúga)

2. more generally any alcid (seabird of family Alcidae)

   Synonym: гага́рка (gagárka)

Declension

Declension of а́лка

	singular	plural
indefinite	а́лка álka	а́лки álki
definite	а́лката álkata	а́лките álkite
vocative form	а́лко álko	а́лки álki

Dolgan

Noun

алка • (alka)

1. hammer

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɫka]
• Rhymes: -iɫka

Noun

алка • (alka) f (diminutive алкичка)

1. bracelet
2. link (of a chain)

Declension

Declension of алка

	singular	plural
indefinite	алка (alka)	алки (alki)
definite unspecified	алката (alkata)	алките (alkite)
definite proximal	алкава (alkava)	алкиве (alkive)
definite distal	алкана (alkana)	алкине (alkine)
vocative	алко (alko)	алки (alki)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ха̑лка

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âːlka/
• Hyphenation: ал‧ка

Noun

а̑лка f (Latin spelling ȃlka)

1. metal ring
2. door knocker
3. tilting at the ring (game)

Declension

Declension of алка

	singular	plural
nominative	а̑лка	алке
genitive	алке	а̑лкӣ
dative	а̀лци/а̑лки	алкама
accusative	алку	алке
vocative	алко	алке
locative	алци / алки	алкама
instrumental	алком	алкама