кітка

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́тка (kótka), from Old East Slavic ко́тъка (kótŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъka. Equivalent to кіт (kit) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Bulgarian ко́тка (kótka), Polish kotka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲitkɐ]

кі́тка • (kítka) f animal (genitive кі́тки, nominative plural кі́тки, genitive plural кі́ток, male equivalent кіт)

1. (colloquial or dialectal) female cat (domestic species)

   Synonym: кі́шка (kíška)

• кіт (kit)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “кі́тка”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кітка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “кітка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кітка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)