местечко

Russian

Etymology

Diminutive of ме́сто (mésto, “place, (dialectal) city”), or calqued from another Slavic language. Compare Polish miasteczko.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈsʲtʲet͡ɕkə]
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Noun

месте́чко • (mestéčko) n inan (genitive месте́чка, nominative plural месте́чки, genitive plural месте́чек)

  1. diminutive of место (mesto)
  2. A small village or town on the territory of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
  3. A shtetl, small Jewish village.

Declension

Declension of месте́чко (inan neut-form velar-stem accent-a reduc irreg) 
singular plural
nominative месте́чко
mestéčko		 месте́чки△
mestéčki△
genitive месте́чка
mestéčka		 месте́чек
mestéček
dative месте́чку
mestéčku		 месте́чкам
mestéčkam
accusative месте́чко
mestéčko		 месте́чки△
mestéčki△
instrumental месте́чком
mestéčkom		 месте́чками
mestéčkami
prepositional месте́чке
mestéčke		 месте́чках
mestéčkax

△ Irregular.

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