# котка
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* kotka — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ко́тка (kótka). By surface analysis, кот (kot) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Polish kotka and Ukrainian кі́тка (kítka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkotka]

### Noun

ко́тка • (kótka) f animal (genitive ко́ткі, nominative plural ко́ткі, genitive plural ко́так, masculine кот, diminutive ко́тачка)
* female cat (domesticated species)
    Synonym: ко́шка (kóška)
** 1929, Станіслаў Любіч-Маеўскі, “Myszka”, in Pierszy pramień, Lwoŭ: Dziarżaŭnae Wydawiectwa Szkolnych Kniżak, page 4:Myszka, myszka, dzie była? Była ŭ pana karala. Szto rabiła? — Łyżki myła. A szto dali? — Kusok sała. Dzie pakłała? — Pad łaŭkaju. Czym nakryła? — Chalaŭkaju. Dzie padzieła? — Kotka zjeła.Mousy, mousy, where have you been? I was paying a visit to the king. What were you doing there? — Washing spoons. And what did they give you? — A piece of lard. Where did you put it? — Under the bench. What did you cover it with? — With the shaft of a boot. Why is it gone? — The cat ate it.
** 1931 [1928], Erich Maria Remarque, translated by Хвядос Шынклер, На Заходнім фронце без перамен, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Im Westen nichts Neues (in German), page 139; English translation from Arthur Wheen, transl., All Quiet on the Western Front, 1929, page 238:Позна ўвечары мы чуем мяўканьне. Ля ўваходу сядзіць маленькая шэрая котка.Pózna ŭvječary my čujem mjaŭkanʹnje. Lja ŭvaxódu sjadzicʹ maljenʹkaja šeraja kótka.Late in the evening we hear mewing. A little grey cat sits in the entrance.
** 2023, Валерый Гапееў, Прадвесце (Вольнеры)‎, Янушкевіч, →ISBN:У нашай кватэры пасяліўся цень, які бачу толькі я. Ніякімі прыборамі, якія мы маем, даследаваць яго немагчыма. Трэба праверыць, ці рэагуе на гэты цень ваша котка.U našaj kvatery pasjaliŭsja cjenʹ, jaki baču tólʹki ja. Nijakimi prybórami, jakija my majem, dasljedavacʹ jahó njemahčyma. Treba pravjerycʹ, ci reahuje na hety cjenʹ vaša kótka.A specter has taken up residence in our apartment, visible only to me. It's impossible to research it using any of the tools we have. It's necessary to check if your cat reacts to this specter.

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 58
* “котка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* "котка" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъka, from *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔtkɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ко́тка • (kótka) f (masculine котара́к, diminutive ко́те)
* female equivalent of котара́к (kotarák): cat, feline (usually a female one)
* crampon, climbing iron

#### Further reading

* “котка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

### Anagrams

* откак (otkak), както (kakto), котак (kotak)

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian котка (kotka), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъka, from *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔtka]
* Hyphenation: кот‧ка

### Noun

ко́тка • (kótka) f (plural ко́тки)
* (dialectal) cat (in general, but usually a female one)
    Synonym: ма́чка (máčka)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “котка” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Old Ruthenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ко́тъка (kótŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъka, from *kòtъ. Cognate with Old Polish kotka.

### Noun

ко́тка • (kótka) f animal (masculine котъ)
* feminine of котъ (kot)
    Synonym: ко́шка (kóška)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: ко́тка (kótka) (regional)
* Carpathian Rusyn: ко́тка (kótka) (regional)
* Ukrainian: кі́тка (kítka)

### Further reading

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 58
* Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “котка”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 56