вилка

From ви́лы (víly) +‎ -ка (-ka); originally a diminutive of ви́лы (víly), i.e. “small pitchfork”; the modern cutlery sense is probably a semantic loan from French fourchette.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvʲiɫkə]

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ви́лка • (vílka) f inan (genitive ви́лки, nominative plural ви́лки, genitive plural ви́лок, diminutive ви́лочка)

1. (cutlery, chess, cycling) fork
2. (electricity) plug (with two or more prongs)
3. (weaponry) bracket (the zone between a long and a short shot impact)
4. (figuratively) band, range (of prices, values, etc.)

   ви́лка зарпла́ты ― vílka zarpláty ― salary band

Compound words:

• ложеви́лка f (loževílka)

• ви́лы pl (víly)
• разви́лка f (razvílka)

• → Finnish: vilkka
• → Ingrian: vilkka
• → Karelian: vilkka
• → Kyrgyz: вилка (vilka)
• → Kildin Sami: виллк (villk)
• → Southern Yukaghir: билкэ (bilke)
• → Yakut: бииккэ (biikke)

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “вилка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 150
• Shansky, N. M., editor (1968), “вилка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 3 (В), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 97
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “вилка”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
• Tsyhanenko, H. P. (1989), “вилка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Kyiv: Radjanska shkola, →ISBN, page 59

• IPA^(key): [vʲɪɫˈka]

вилка́ • (vilká) m inan or m anim

1. inflection of вило́к (vilók):
   1. genitive singular
   2. animate accusative singular

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ви́лка (vílka, “fork”), from Proto-Slavic *vidlъka. By surface analysis, ви́ла (výla) +‎ -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɪɫkɐ]

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ви́лка • (výlka) f inan (genitive ви́лки, nominative plural ви́лки, genitive plural ви́лок, relational adjective ви́лковий, diminutive ви́лочка)

1. (colloquial) fork

   Synonym: виде́лка f (vydélka)

2. (electricity) plug
3. (chess) fork
4. diminutive of ви́ла (výla, “pitchfork”)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вилка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “вилка”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “вилка”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “вилка”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “вилка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]
• “вилка”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “вилка”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua, Slovnyk.ua]‎^[2]

вилка (vilka)

1. fork

• Gavasova Ranobegim, G. R. (2022), “вилка”, in Ləɣati suratwara [Ləɣati suratwarā], Dushanbe: R-Graph, page 48