тачка

Russian

Etymology

Per Vasmer, from тача́ть (tačátʹ, “to stitch”) +‎ -ка (-ka). But compare Serbo-Croatian tačke, Polish taczka, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtat͡ɕkə]

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Noun

та́чка • (táčka) f inan (genitive та́чки, nominative plural та́чки, genitive plural та́чек)

1. wheelbarrow
2. shopping cart
3. (slang) taxi

   пойма́ть та́чку ― pojmátʹ táčku ― to catch a taxi

4. (slang) car

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	та́чка táčka	та́чки táčki
genitive	та́чки táčki	та́чек táček
dative	та́чке táčke	та́чкам táčkam
accusative	та́чку táčku	та́чки táčki
instrumental	та́чкой, та́чкою táčkoj, táčkoju	та́чками táčkami
prepositional	та́чке táčke	та́чках táčkax

Related terms

• тача́нка f (tačánka)

Descendants

• Kurdish:

  → Central Kurdish: داشقە (daşqe, “wheelbarrow”)

• → Uzbek: tachka

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тачка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• tȍčka (Croatia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъčьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tât͡ʃka/
• Hyphenation: тач‧ка

Noun

та̏чка f (Latin spelling tȁčka)

1. (Serbia) dot, period
2. (Serbia) point
3. (regional, rare) wheelbarrow (variation of more common plural form тачке/tačke)

Declension

Declension of тачка

	singular	plural
nominative	тачка	тачке
genitive	тачке	тачака
dative	тачки	тачкама
accusative	тачку	тачке
vocative	тачко	тачке
locative	тачки	тачкама
instrumental	тачком	тачкама

Further reading

• “тачка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024