кошка

• koszka, koška — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́шка (kóška), from Old East Slavic ко́шька (kóšĭka), from unattested *ко́чька (*kóčĭka), from Proto-Slavic *kòťьka, from *kòťь, from *kòtъ. Cognate with Ukrainian кі́шка (kíška), Russian ко́шка (kóška).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʂka]

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ко́шка • (kóška) f animal (genitive ко́шкі, nominative plural ко́шкі, genitive plural ко́шак)

1. female cat (domesticated species)

   Synonym: ко́тка (kótka)

2. cat (member of the cat family Felidae)

• кот (kot)

• “кошка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• “кошка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔʃka]

кошка • (koška) third-singular present, impf

1. (transitive) to kick
2. (transitive, figurative) to belittle, disparage

• ко́шъка (kóška), kószka — alternative spelling

Inherited from Old East Slavic ко́шька (kóšĭka), from unattested *ко́чька (*kóčĭka), from Proto-Slavic *kòťьka, from *kòťь, from *kòtъ. Cognate with Russian ко́шка (kóška).

кошка • (koška) f anim (masculine котъ)

1. female cat (domestic species)

   Synonym: ко́тка (kótka)

   слꙋжили емꙋ пси, кошки, птахи ― služili emu psi, koški, ptaxy ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• Belarusian: ко́шка (kóška)
• Ukrainian: кі́шка (kíška)

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кошка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 71
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “кошка, кошъка”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61

Inherited from Middle Russian ко́шка (kóška), from Old East Slavic ко́шька (kóšĭka), from unattested *ко́чька (*kóčĭka), from Proto-Slavic *kòťьka, from *kòťь, from *kòtъ. Cognate with Old Ruthenian ко́шка (kóška), Ukrainian кі́шка (kíška).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʂkə]

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ко́шка • (kóška) f anim or f inan (genitive ко́шки, nominative plural ко́шки, genitive plural ко́шек, relational adjective коша́чий, diminutive ко́шечка)

1. cat

   жить как ко́шка с соба́кой ― žitʹ kak kóška s sobákoj ― to lead a cat-and-dog life

   игра́ть в ко́шки-мышки ― igrátʹ v kóški-myški ― play cat-and-mouse

   но́чью все ко́шки се́ры ― nóčʹju vse kóški séry ― at night all cats are gray

   у него́ ко́шки скребу́т на се́рдце ― u nevó kóški skrebút na sérdce ― he is sick at heart (very upset)

2. (inanimate) cat-o'-nine-tails
3. (technical, inanimate) grapnel, drag
4. (technical, inanimate) grapple fork
5. (cranes, inanimate) car, trolley, carriage
6. (geology, inanimate) spit, bar
7. (climbing, in the plural, inanimate) crampons, climbing irons, climbing grapplers

• → Buryat: хөөшхэ (xööšxe)
• → Ket: коска
• → Khamnigan Mongol: киискэ (kiiske)
• → Yakut: куоска (kuoska)

• кот (kot)
• пу́ська (púsʹka)
• кису́ня (kisúnja)