местечко

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Diminutive of ме́сто (mésto, place). Sense 2 and 3 are a semantic loan from Polish miasteczko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈsʲtʲet͡ɕkə]
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Noun

месте́чко • (mestéčkon inan (genitive месте́чка, nominative plural месте́чки, genitive plural месте́чек)

  1. diminutive of ме́сто (mésto)
  2. A small village or town on the territory of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  3. A shtetl, small Jewish village.

Declension