алка
See also: -аљка
Bulgarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Norse alka (“seabird with dark plumage”), back-formed from the scientific name Alcae (“auks”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɫkɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
а́лка • (álka) f
- auklet (seabird of genus Aethia)
- Synonym: (standard term) коню́га (konjúga)
- more generally any alcid (seabird of family Alcidae)
- Synonym: гага́рка (gagárka)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | а́лка álka |
а́лки álki |
| definite | а́лката álkata |
а́лките álkite |
| vocative form | а́лко álko |
а́лки álki |
Dolgan
Noun
алка • (alka)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɫka]
- Rhymes: -iɫka
Noun
алка • (alka) f (diminutive алкичка)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | алка (alka) | алки (alki) |
| definite unspecified | алката (alkata) | алките (alkite) |
| definite proximal | алкава (alkava) | алкиве (alkive) |
| definite distal | алкана (alkana) | алкине (alkine) |
| vocative | алко (alko) | алки (alki) |
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish حلقه (halka), from Arabic حَلْقَة (ḥalqa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /âːlka/
- Hyphenation: ал‧ка
Noun
а̑лка f (Latin spelling ȃlka)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | а̑лка | алке |
| genitive | алке | а̑лкӣ |
| dative | а̀лци/а̑лки | алкама |
| accusative | алку | алке |
| vocative | алко | алке |
| locative | алци / алки | алкама |
| instrumental | алком | алкама |