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калинка

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Bulgarian

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Червена калинка
Жълта калинка

Etymology

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From кали́на (kalína, guelder rose) +‎ -ка (-ka), probably due to similarity between the typically red elytra of the beetle (although not all ladybugs are red) and the berries of the shrub.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈliŋkɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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кали́нка (kalínkaf

  1. ladybird (UK), ladybug (US) (beetle of family Coccinellidae)
    Synonyms: (poetic) божа́ буба́лка (božá bubálka), (dialectal) бубама́ра (bubamára), (dialectal) кукума́ра (kukumára)

Usage notes

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Poetically, the insect is often called кали́нка-мали́нка (kalínka-malínka), dialectally ка́ля-ма́ля (kálja-málja), which literally translates as guelder rose berry-raspberry.

Declension

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References

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

Macedonian

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Etymology

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From калина (kalina) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *kalina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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калинка (kalinkaf (plural калинки)

  1. pomegranate

Declension

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Declension of калинка
singular plural
indefinite калинка (kalinka) калинки (kalinki)
definite unspecified калинката (kalinkata) калинките (kalinkite)
definite proximal калинкава (kalinkava) калинкиве (kalinkive)
definite distal калинкана (kalinkana) калинкине (kalinkine)
vocative калинко (kalinko) калинки (kalinki)

Russian

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Etymology

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кали́на (kalína) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кали́нка (kalínkaf inan (genitive кали́нки, nominative plural кали́нки, genitive plural кали́нок)

  1. diminutive of кали́на (kalína)
  2. Kalinka (Russian folk-style song)

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