# кошка
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* koszka — obsolete
* koška — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

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 Russian ко́шка (kóška) and Ukrainian кі́шка (kíška).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoʂka]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oʂka

### Noun

ко́шка • (kóška) f animal (genitive ко́шкі, nominative plural ко́шкі, genitive plural ко́шак)
* female cat (domesticated species)
    Synonym: ко́тка (kótka)
** 1854, Alexander Rypinski, Niaczyścik, London, page 12:Aż tut hlanuć, ażna strach! / Koszki miāŭkajuć, dziarucca!The sight is even scary to behold! The cats are meowing and fighting among themselves!
** 1923 [1900], Seumas MacManus, translated by Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski, Ірляндзкія Народныя Казкі, Wilno: Drukarnia „Wydawnictwo Wileńskie“ B. Kleckina, translation of Donegal Fairy Stories, page 36:Роўна ў поўдзень кошка выйшла з пячэры. Убачыўшы Амадана, яна гэтак страшна крыкнула, што мора паднялося на чверць мілі ўгару, і запыталася яна ў Амадана, хто ён і адкуль ён узяў сьмеласьць зьявіцца перад яе вачыма.Róŭna ŭ póŭdzjenʹ kóška vyjšla z pjačery. Ubačyŭšy Amadana, jana hetak strašna kryknula, što móra padnjalósja na čvjercʹ mili ŭharu, i zapytalasja jana ŭ Amadana, xto jon i adkulʹ jon uzjaŭ sʹmjelasʹcʹ zʹjavicca pjerad jaje vačyma.[original: When the cat came out at twelve o’clock and saw the Amadan, she let a roar out of her that drove back the waters of the sea and piled them up a quarter of a mile high, and she asked him who he was and how he had the impudence to come there to meet her.]Precisely at noon the cat came out of the cave. Upon seeing the Amadan, she let out such a terrifying scream that the sea rose a quarter of a mile high, and she asked the Amadan who he was and how he had the impudence to appear before her eyes.
* cat (member of the cat family Felidae)

#### Declension

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

### See also

* кот (kot)

### References

* “кошка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
* "кошка" in Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984) at Verbum

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔʃka]

### Verb

кошка • (koška) third-singular present, impf
* (transitive) to kick
* (transitive, figurative) to belittle, disparage

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* ко́шъка (kóška), kószka — alternative spelling

### Etymology

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

### Noun

кошка • (koška) f animal (masculine котъ)
* female cat (domestic species)
    Synonym: ко́тка (kótka)
    слꙋжили емꙋ пси, кошки, птахи ― služili emu psi, koški, ptaxi ― Cats, dogs and birds served him

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “кошка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 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), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61

## Russian
### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoʂkə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ко́шка • (kóška) f anim or f inan (genitive ко́шки, nominative plural ко́шки, genitive plural ко́шек, masculine кот, relational adjective коша́чий, diminutive ко́шечка)
* 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)
* (inanimate) cat-o'-nine-tails
* (technical, inanimate) grapnel, drag
* (technical, inanimate) grapple fork
* (cranes, inanimate) car, trolley, carriage
* (geology, inanimate) spit, bar
* (climbing, in the plural, inanimate) crampons, climbing irons, climbing grapplers

#### Descendants

* → Buryat: хөөшхэ (xööšxe)
* → Ket: коска
* → Khamnigan Mongol: киискэ (kiiske)
* → Kildin Sami: куэшшьк (kuešš’k) (Ārʹsjogk)
* → Ter Sami: кыэшшькэ (kïeššʼke)
* → Yakut: куоска (kuoska)

#### See also

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