laika
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”).
Noun
[edit]laika (plural laikas)
- A type of hunting dog from Russia.
- 1957, The New Yorker, volume 33, page 54:
- Q—The Russians picked a laika to occupy the space capsule. Do you think a dachshund would have been a wiser choice?
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 287:
- Indeed, they have been hybridising for a very long time, as is evidenced by the laika, a wolf-like dog that even today accompanies various Siberian peoples.
Derived terms
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[edit]hunting dog from Russia
Anagrams
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]laika (accusative singular laikan, plural laikaj, accusative plural laikajn)
Finnish
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[edit]laika
- laika (dog breed)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of laika (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | laika | laikat | |
genitive | laikan | laikojen | |
partitive | laikaa | laikoja | |
illative | laikaan | laikoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | laika | laikat | |
accusative | nom. | laika | laikat |
gen. | laikan | ||
genitive | laikan | laikojen laikain rare | |
partitive | laikaa | laikoja | |
inessive | laikassa | laikoissa | |
elative | laikasta | laikoista | |
illative | laikaan | laikoihin | |
adessive | laikalla | laikoilla | |
ablative | laikalta | laikoilta | |
allative | laikalle | laikoille | |
essive | laikana | laikoina | |
translative | laikaksi | laikoiksi | |
abessive | laikatta | laikoitta | |
instructive | — | laikoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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[edit]Latvian
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[edit]laika m
Polish
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[edit]laika
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]laika m (plural laikas)
- laika (dog breed)
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- en:Hunting dogs
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/ika
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑikɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
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- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Dogs
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- Rhymes:Polish/ika
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