тёзка

Russian

Etymology

From тёза (tjóza) +‎ -ка (-ka), ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *tьzъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtʲɵskə]
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Noun

тёзка • (tjózka) m anim or f anim (genitive тёзки, nominative plural тёзки, genitive plural тёзок)

  1. namesake (person, place or thing having the same name as another)

Declension
Declension of тёзка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative тёзка
tjózka		 тёзки
tjózki
genitive тёзки
tjózki		 тёзок
tjózok
dative тёзке
tjózke		 тёзкам
tjózkam
accusative тёзку
tjózku		 тёзок
tjózok
instrumental тёзкой, тёзкою
tjózkoj, tjózkoju		 тёзками
tjózkami
prepositional тёзке
tjózke		 тёзках
tjózkax
  • тезоименитство (tezoimenitstvo)
  • тезоименитый (tezoimenityj), тезоименный (tezoimennyj)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тёзка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тёза”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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