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улитка

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Russian

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Etymology

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ули́та (ulíta) +‎ -ка (-ka), apparently from у́лей (úlej), compare for the suffix волоки́та (volokíta), раки́та (rakíta). In Belarusian улі́тка (ulítka); not used in Ukrainian (borrowed however in technical senses as улі́тка (ulítka).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈlʲitkə]
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Noun

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ули́тка (ulítkaf anim (genitive ули́тки, nominative plural ули́тки, genitive plural ули́ток)

  1. snail
  2. (anatomy) cochlea

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Turkmen: ulitka

References

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  • Kiparsky, Valentin (1975) Russische historische Grammatik. Band III: Entwicklung des Wortschatzes (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 221–222
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “улитка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress