šaka

See also: saka, Saka, Sáka, sāka, şaka, säkä, and šaką

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śokˀāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂- (“wooden branch”). Cognate with Latvian sakas, see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃɐˈkɐ]

Noun

šakà f (plural šãkos) stress pattern 4

  1. a branch (of a tree)
  2. a branch (of a science)

Declension
Declension of šakà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) šakà šãkos
genitive (kilmininkas) šakõs šakų̃
dative (naudininkas) šãkai šakóms
accusative (galininkas) šãką šakàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) šakà šakomìs
locative (vietininkas) šakojè šakosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) šãka šãkos

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “šaka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *čakati (“to hold, to grab”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃâka/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧ka

Noun

šȁka f (Cyrillic spelling ша̏ка)

  1. hand
    Synonym: ruka
  2. (regional, Croatia) fist

Declension
Declension of šaka
singular plural
nominative šȁka šake
genitive šake šȃkā
dative šȁci šakama
accusative šaku šake
vocative šako šake
locative šȁci šakama
instrumental šakom šakama

Further reading
  • “šaka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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