квочка

• IPA^(key): [ˈkvot͡ɕkə]

кво́чка • (kvóčka) f anim (genitive кво́чки, nominative plural кво́чки, genitive plural кво́чек)

1. (colloquial) hen
2. (colloquial) sitting duck, dumb cluck

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• кво́хтать impf (kvóxtatʹ)

From квок (kvok) +‎ -ка (-ka), called so because brooding hens often cluck to call their chicks. Compare Bulgarian ква́чка (kváčka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwɔt͡ʃkɐ]

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кво́чка • (kvóčka) f animal (genitive кво́чки, nominative plural кво́чки, genitive plural кво́чок)

1. brooding hen

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• Кво́чка (Kvóčka, “the Pleiades constellation”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “квочка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “квочка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN