# утка
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫtъka; equivalent to Proto-Slavic *ǫty +‎ -ка (-ka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈutkɐ]

### Noun

у́тка • (útka) f (masculine ут)
* (dialectal) female equivalent of ут (ut): anatid, particularly gadwall (Mareca strepera)
    Synonyms: (standard) си́ва па́тица (síva pática), (dialectal, colloquial) улюля́йка (uljuljájka)
* (Western dialects) female equivalent of ут (ut): owl
    Synonym: кукумя́вка (kukumjávka)

#### Alternative forms

* у́тва (útva), ву́тва (vútva) — obsolete
* у́тица (útica) — dialectal

### References

* Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “у́тка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 461

## Komi-Zyrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian утка (utka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈutka/, [ˈutkä]
* Rhymes: -utka
* Hyphenation: ут‧ка

### Noun

утка • (utka)
* duck (small bird of the family Anatidae)

#### Declension

Possessive declension of утка :

#### Synonyms

* (dialectal) чӧж (ćöž)

#### Derived terms

* уткаавны (utkaavny)
* уткаасьны (utkaaśny)
* уткапи (utkapi)

### References

* L. M. Beznosikova, E. A. Ajbabina, R. I. Kosnyreva (2000) Коми-русский словарь [Komi-Russian dictionary], →ISBN, page 688

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫtъka, equivalent to Proto-Slavic *ǫty +‎ -ка (-ka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈutka]

### Noun

утка • (utka) f
* owl
* something incorrectly chosen or assumed
* situation where something is incorrectly chosen or assumed
* someone who incorrectly chooses or assumes

#### Synonyms

* ут (ut)
* був (buv)

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* ꙋ́тка (útka), ву́тъка (vútka)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic у́тъка (útŭka), from Proto-Slavic *ǫ̀tъka. Cognate with Russian у́тка (útka).

### Noun

утка • (utka) f animal
* duck

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: ву́тка (vútka)
* Ukrainian: у́тка (útka), ву́тка (vútka)

### Further reading

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2015), “утка, вутка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 35 (уморати – фолдровый), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 276

## Russian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙋтъка (utŭka), from Proto-Slavic *ǫtъka, diminutive of *ǫty. By surface analysis, уть (utʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate to Lithuanian antis, Latin anas.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈutkə]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

у́тка • (útka) f anim (genitive у́тки, nominative plural у́тки, genitive plural у́ток, relational adjective ути́ный, diminutive у́точка)
* duck (also as a food)
    Она́ прожо́рлива, как у́тка ― Oná prožórliva, kak útka ― She's as gluttonous as a pig (literally, “She's as gluttonous as a duck.”)
** 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть пятая, XI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:Он был убеждён, что как у́тка сотворена́ так, что она́ всегда́ должна́ жить в воде́, так и он сотворён Бо́гом так, что до́лжен жить в три́дцать ты́сяч дохо́да и занима́ть всегда́ вы́сшее положе́ние в о́бществе.On byl ubeždjón, što kak útka sotvorená tak, što oná vsegdá dolžná žitʹ v vodé, tak i on sotvorjón Bógom tak, što dólžen žitʹ v trídcatʹ týsjač doxóda i zanimátʹ vsegdá výsšeje položénije v óbščestve.He was convinced that, as a duck is so made that it must live in water, so God had made him such that he must spend thirty thousand rubles a year and always occupy a prominent position in society.
* canard
* bed urinal
* cleat

##### Hyponyms

* се́лезень (sélezenʹ)

##### Derived terms

* → Komi-Zyrian: утка (utka)

##### Related terms

* утёнок (utjónok)
* утя́та (utjáta)
* утятница (utjatnica)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʊtˈka]

#### Noun

утка́ • (utká) m inan
* genitive singular of уто́к (utók)

### References

* V. M. Mokienko (2008) Большой словарь русских народных сравнений‎, OLMA Media Grupp, page 709