косатка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From косат (kosat, hatchet, fin) (dated) +‎ -ка (-ka), a calque of Latin orca (originally meaning oryx, pickaxe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koˈsatkɐ]

Noun

коса́тка • (kosátkaf

  1. grampus, killer whale, orca

Declension

Declension of коса́тка
singular plural
indefinite коса́тка
kosátka
коса́тки
kosátki
definite коса́тката
kosátkata
коса́тките
kosátkite
vocative form коса́тко
kosátko
коса́тки
kosátki

References

  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • косатка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

From коса́т (kosát, oryx) (dated) +‎ -ка (-ka). By surface analysis, коса́ (kosá, scythe) +‎ -а́тка (-átka). A calque of Latin orca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈsatkə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

коса́тка • (kosátkaf anim (genitive коса́тки, nominative plural коса́тки, genitive plural коса́ток)

  1. killer whale, orca (Orcinus orca)
  2. falcated duck (Anas falcata)
  3. naked catfish, bagrid catfish (Bagridae spp., Siluriformes).
  4. obsolete spelling of каса́тка (kasátka); barn swallow

Declension