кавычка

кавы́ка (kavýka, “breve, hook”) +‎ -ка (-ka); according to Chernykh, likely related to dialectal ка́выш (kávyš, “duckling”), ка́вка (kávka, “frog”), кавы́кать (kavýkatʹ, “to hobble”), suggesting the sense development “webbed footprint” → “a hook-like diacritic” → “quotation mark”.

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈvɨt͡ɕkə]

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кавы́чка • (kavýčka) f inan (genitive кавы́чки, nominative plural кавы́чки, genitive plural кавы́чек)

1. quotation mark (either [«◌»] or [„◌“])

   Synonyms: ёлочка (jóločka, «◌»), ла́пка (lápka, „◌“)