"urka" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: urkas [plural]
Etymology: Russian у́рка (úrka, “professional criminal, career criminal, thug, thief”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ru|у́рка||professional criminal, career criminal, thug, thief}} Russian у́рка (úrka, “professional criminal, career criminal, thug, thief”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} urka (plural urkas)
  1. A common criminal in Russia.

Noun [Proto-Finnic]

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly related to *orko and/or *ura. Etymology templates: {{unc|urj-fin-pro}} Uncertain Inflection templates: {{urj-fin-decl|urka}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], urka [nominative, singular], urgat [nominative, plural], urgan [accusative, singular], urgat [accusative, plural], urgan [genitive, singular], urkadën [genitive, plural], urkëidën [genitive, plural], urkada [partitive, singular], urkëida [partitive, plural], urgassa [inessive, singular], urgahna [inessive, singular], urgëissa [inessive, plural], urgëihna [inessive, plural], urgasta [elative, singular], urgëista [elative, plural], urkahën [illative, singular], urkëihën [illative, plural], urgalla [adessive, singular], urgëilla [adessive, plural], urgalta [ablative, singular], urgëilta [ablative, plural], urkalën [allative, singular], urkalëk [allative, singular], urkëilën [allative, plural], urkëilëk [allative, plural], urkana [essive, singular], urkëina [essive, plural], urgaksi [singular, translative], urgëiksi [plural, translative], urgan [instructive, singular], urgëin [instructive, plural], urkanëk [comitative, singular], urkëinëk [comitative, plural], urgatta [abessive, singular], urgëitta [abessive, plural]
  1. small stream Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-urka-urj-fin-pro-noun-im~onVs2
  2. groove, furrow Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-urka-urj-fin-pro-noun-lpGpv0DX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-ei Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 81 10 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header: 6 87 6 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic nominals by type/a-ei: 4 93 4
  3. hole Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-urka-urj-fin-pro-noun-Oe5FUZcH

Inflected forms

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        "1": "urka"
      },
      "name": "urj-fin-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Finnic",
  "lang_code": "urj-fin-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/urka",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "urj-fin-pro:Landforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small stream"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "groove, furrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "groove",
          "groove"
        ],
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hole"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hole",
          "hole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "urka"
}

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