почка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Per Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (it splits the term into two separate lemmas), perhaps:

  • From Proto-Slavic *potъčьka, equivalent to потъка (potǎka, “to weave up, to entwine”) +‎ -ка (-ka);
  • From Proto-Slavic *počьka, equivalent to *počьkati (“to thrust, to shove”) +‎ *-a (cf. dial. Russian почка́ть (počkátʹ, “to kick up”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔt͡ʃkɐ]

Noun

по́чка • (póčka) f (dialectal)

  1. boundary between slots of land (usually in the form of an embankment or a hedge)
  2. (Torlak dialects) edge, brink

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpot͡ɕkə]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic почька (počĭka). Vasmer suggests derivation from печь (pečʹ, “bake”); compare пе́чень (péčenʹ, “liver”).

Noun

по́чка • (póčka) f inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. kidney
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Armenian: պոչկա (počʻka)
  • → Ingrian: pocka

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic почька (počĭka), from Proto-Slavic *pъťьka. Compare Ukrainian по́чки (póčky), Polish pestka, Czech pecka, Slovene реčkà.

Noun

по́чка • (póčka) f inan (genitive по́чки, nominative plural по́чки, genitive plural по́чек)

  1. bud
Declension

Further reading

  • почка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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