"щека" meaning in Russian

See щека in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕːɪˈka] Audio: Ru-щека.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščeka. Cognate with Belarusian шчака́ (ščaká) and Ukrainian щока́ (ščoká). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ru|sla-pro|*ščeka|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *ščeka, {{inh+|ru|sla-pro|*ščeka}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščeka, {{cog|be|шчака́}} Belarusian шчака́ (ščaká), {{cog|uk|щока́}} Ukrainian щока́ (ščoká) Head templates: {{ru-noun+|f',f|щека́|;ё|dim=щёчка}} щека́ • (ščeká) f inan (genitive щеки́, nominative plural щёки, genitive plural щёк, diminutive щёчка) Forms: щека́ [canonical], ščeká [romanization], щеки́ [genitive], щёки [nominative, plural], щёк [genitive, plural], щёчка [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], щека́ [nominative, singular], щёки [nominative, plural], щеки́ [genitive, singular], щёк [genitive, plural], щеке́ [dative, singular], щека́м [dative, plural], щёку [accusative, singular], щеку́ [accusative, singular], щёки [accusative, plural], щеко́й [instrumental, singular], щеко́ю [instrumental, singular], щека́ми [instrumental, plural], щеке́ [prepositional, singular], щека́х [plural, prepositional], no-table-tags [table-tags], щека́ [dated, nominative, singular], щёки [dated, nominative, plural], щеки́ [dated, genitive, singular], щёкъ [dated, genitive, plural], щекѣ́ [dated, dative, singular], щека́мъ [dated, dative, plural], щёку [accusative, dated, singular], щеку́ [accusative, dated, singular], щёки [accusative, dated, plural], щеко́й [dated, instrumental, singular], щеко́ю [dated, instrumental, singular], щека́ми [dated, instrumental, plural], щекѣ́ [dated, prepositional, singular], щека́хъ [dated, plural, prepositional]
  1. cheek
    Sense id: en-щека-ru-noun-NUmyogXm Categories (other): Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern f, Russian nouns with accent pattern fʹ, Russian nouns with multiple accent patterns, Animal body parts, Face Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 46 39 15 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern f: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern fʹ: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with multiple accent patterns: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 40 43 17 Disambiguation of Face: 44 29 27
  2. mouth of animals, jaw
    Sense id: en-щека-ru-noun-J5b3O5Z1 Categories (other): Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with multiple declensions, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 36 47 17 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 46 39 15 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with multiple declensions: 32 45 23 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 40 43 17
  3. (figuratively) side, sidepiece, stock, jaw (of a mechanism) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-щека-ru-noun-jqsAgYz~ Categories (other): Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Animal body parts Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 46 38 16 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 46 39 15 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 40 43 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: лани́та (laníta) Related terms: защёчный (zaščóčnyj), щека́стый (ščekástyj), щекота́ть (ščekotátʹ), пощёчина (poščóčina) [feminine]
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          "expansion": "→ Ingrian: sokka",
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      "text": "→ Ingrian: sokka"
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          "english": "to slap (someone) in the face",
          "roman": "udáritʹ (kovó-libo) po ščeké",
          "text": "уда́рить (кого́-либо) по щеке́",
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          "english": "to kiss both cheeks",
          "roman": "pocelovátʹ v óbe ščekí",
          "text": "поцелова́ть в о́бе щеки́",
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          "english": "When we met, she kissed me on both cheeks.",
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              13
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          "english": "sunken cheeks",
          "roman": "vpályje ščóki",
          "text": "впа́лые щёки",
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              11,
              16
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          "english": "to turn the cheek",
          "roman": "podstávitʹ ščóku",
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          "english": "to puff out the cheeks",
          "roman": "razduvátʹ ščóki",
          "text": "раздува́ть щёки",
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          "english": "red in the cheeks (said when one is shy)",
          "roman": "rumjánec vo vsju ščóku",
          "text": "румя́нец во всю щёку",
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        },
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              17,
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          "english": "to eat heartily, to gobble",
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          "roman": "upísyvatʹ za óbe ščekí",
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          "english": "you cannot feel another’s toothache",
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          "roman": "za čužój ščekój zub ne bolít",
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          "literal_meaning": "if you can’t keep it under your own cheeks, you won’t be able to keep it under someone else’s",
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          "roman": "za svoími ščekámi ne uderžál, za čužími ne udéržišʹ",
          "text": "за свои́ми щека́ми не удержа́л, за чужи́ми не уде́ржишь",
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          "english": "fish’s mouth",
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      "roman": "zaščóčnyj",
      "word": "защёчный"
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      "roman": "ščekástyj",
      "word": "щека́стый"
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      "roman": "ščekotátʹ",
      "word": "щекота́ть"
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      "roman": "poščóčina",
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          "english": "sunken cheeks",
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          "english": "to turn the cheek",
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          "english": "to puff out the cheeks",
          "roman": "razduvátʹ ščóki",
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          "english": "red in the cheeks (said when one is shy)",
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          "english": "to eat heartily, to gobble",
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          "roman": "upísyvatʹ za óbe ščekí",
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          "roman": "za čužój ščekój zub ne bolít",
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          "literal_meaning": "if you can’t keep it under your own cheeks, you won’t be able to keep it under someone else’s",
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          "roman": "za svoími ščekámi ne uderžál, za čužími ne udéržišʹ",
          "text": "за свои́ми щека́ми не удержа́л, за чужи́ми не уде́ржишь",
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          "english": "fish’s mouth",
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          "english": "crushing jaw",
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          "text": "щека́ дроби́лки",
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          "english": "crankshaft web",
          "roman": "ščeká kolénčatovo vála",
          "text": "щека́ коле́нчатого ва́ла",
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          "roman": "ščeká krivošípa",
          "text": "щека́ кривоши́па",
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      "glosses": [
        "side, sidepiece, stock, jaw (of a mechanism)"
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        "(figuratively) side, sidepiece, stock, jaw (of a mechanism)"
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      "ipa": "[ɕːɪˈka]"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "laníta",
      "word": "лани́та"
    }
  ],
  "word": "щека"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Russian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (e937b02 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.