котушка

Ukrainian

Etymology

Related to коти́ти (kotýty). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈtuʃkɐ]

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Noun

коту́шка • (kotúška) f inan (genitive коту́шки, nominative plural коту́шки, genitive plural коту́шок)

1. spool, bobbin (for wire, cable, etc)

   Synonym: кото́к m (kotók)

2. (electronics) coil (a coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow)
3. spool, bobbin, reel (for thread, yarn, etc.)

   Synonym: кото́к m (kotók)

   на по́вну коту́шку (familiar) ― na póvnu kotúšku ― at full blast, at full throttle

4. planorbis (mollusk of the genus Planorbis, having shells of a discoidal form)

Declension

Declension of коту́шка
(inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	коту́шка kotúška	коту́шки kotúšky
genitive	коту́шки kotúšky	коту́шок kotúšok
dative	коту́шці kotúšci	коту́шкам kotúškam
accusative	коту́шку kotúšku	коту́шки kotúšky
instrumental	коту́шкою kotúškoju	коту́шками kotúškamy
locative	коту́шці kotúšci	коту́шках kotúškax
vocative	коту́шко kotúško	коту́шки kotúšky

References

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “котушка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN, page 506
• “котушка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “котушка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 312
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “котушка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “котушка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “котушка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “котушка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)