решка

Russian

Решка 2 рублей выпуска 2000 г.

Etymology

From решётка (rešótka, “tails (since 1730s, now obsolete); lattice, grid”), from решето́ (rešetó, “sieve”), likely referring to the design of 5 kopeck copper coins in the 1720s (Fig. 2), or perhaps to the earlier silver kopeck coins.

Possibly the earliest sieve-like design of решка

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲeʂkə]

Noun

ре́шка • (réška) f inan (genitive ре́шки, nominative plural ре́шки, genitive plural ре́шек)

1. (dialectal) sieve

   Просей зерно через решку.

2. (colloquial) tails (the side of a coin not bearing a coat of arms)

   орёл и́ли ре́шка? ― orjól íli réška? ― heads or tails?

Usage notes

• The terms орёл (orjól) and ре́шка (réška) are applicable only to coins which, like Russia's coinage, have a coat of arms on one side and something else (e.g. the portrait of the head of state or the value of the coin) on the other. The terms аве́рс (avérs) and ре́верс (révers) are more universally applicable, but used mainly in numismatics.

Declension

Declension of ре́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ре́шка réška	ре́шки réški
genitive	ре́шки réški	ре́шек réšek
dative	ре́шке réške	ре́шкам réškam
accusative	ре́шку réšku	ре́шки réški
instrumental	ре́шкой, ре́шкою réškoj, réškoju	ре́шками réškami
prepositional	ре́шке réške	ре́шках réškax

Synonyms

• (heads): аве́рс (avérs)
• (tails): ре́верс (révers)