кісточка

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кісточка

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From кі́стка (kístka) +‎ -ка (-ka). Compare Russian ко́сточка (kóstočka), Belarusian ко́стачка (kóstačka), Polish kosteczka.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲistɔt͡ʃkɐ]

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кі́сточка • (kístočka) f inan (genitive кі́сточки, nominative plural кісточки́, genitive plural кісточо́к)

1. (anatomy) endearing diminutive of кі́стка f (kístka, “bone”)
   1. ossicle (A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear)

      слухова́ кі́сточка ― sluxová kístočka ― auditory ossicle

2. (anatomy) malleolus (bony prominence on each side of the human ankle); (by extension) ankle

   Synonym: щи́колотка f (ščýkolotka)

3. (chiefly in the plural) bone (dominoes or dice)
4. counting bead (of abacus)
5. bone (one of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone)
   1. (in the plural) bones, boning (the arrangement of bones in a corset)
6. (botany) stone, pit, kernel (the central part of some fruits, particularly drupes)

   Synonym: каміне́ць m (kaminécʹ, “stone”)

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “кісточка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “кісточка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1973), “кісточка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 4 (І – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 170
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “кісточка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “кісточка”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “кісточка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “кісточка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)