цевка

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (“shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool”) + *-ъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛfka]

Noun

цевка • (cevka) f (diminutive цевче)

1. tube, pipe
2. straw (drinking)
3. Used in expressions equivalent to "not give a damn".

Declension

Declension of цевка

	singular	plural
indefinite	цевка (cevka)	цевки (cevki)
definite unspecified	цевката (cevkata)	цевките (cevkite)
definite proximal	цевкава (cevkava)	цевкиве (cevkive)
definite distal	цевкана (cevkana)	цевкине (cevkine)
vocative	цевко (cevko)	цевки (cevki)

Derived terms

• цевковод (cevkovod)
• двоцевка (dvocevka)
• едноцевка (ednocevka)

Russian

Alternative forms

• цѣ́вка (cě́vka) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic цѣвъка (cěvŭka), from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka, from *cěva (“shine-bone, tube, bobbin, spool”) + *-ъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛfkə]

Noun

це́вка • (cévka) f inan (genitive це́вки, nominative plural це́вки, genitive plural це́вок)

1. bobbin
2. bone (especially a hollow one)
3. (dialectal) shinbone
4. tarsometatarsus

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	це́вка cévka	це́вки cévki
genitive	це́вки cévki	це́вок cévok
dative	це́вке cévke	це́вкам cévkam
accusative	це́вку cévku	це́вки cévki
instrumental	це́вкой, це́вкою cévkoj, cévkoju	це́вками cévkami
prepositional	це́вке cévke	це́вках cévkax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “цевка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• цевка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ције̑вка (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From це̑в.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sêːʋka/
• Hyphenation: цев‧ка

Noun

це̑вка f (Latin spelling cȇvka)

1. tubule

Declension

Declension of цевка

	singular	plural
nominative	це̑вка	цевке
genitive	цевке	це̑вка̄/це̏ва̄ка̄/це̑вкӣ
dative	цевци / цевки	цевкама
accusative	цевку	цевке
vocative	цевко	цевке
locative	цевци / цевки	цевкама
instrumental	цевком	цевкама

References

• “цевка”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025