форточка

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Pförtchen (“little door”), diminutive of Pforte (“gate”), an ancient borrowing from Latin porta (“gate”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Given the Russian diminutive ending -чка (-čka), this isn't a straight borrowing: any chance this was borrowed from German Pforte instead, with the suffix added after borrowing? Or is форточка more of a half-calque? Also, any date for the borrowing?”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfortət͡ɕkə]

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Noun

форточка

фо́рточка • (fórtočka) f inan (genitive фо́рточки, nominative plural фо́рточки, genitive plural фо́рточек)

1. fortochka (a small ventilation window spanning the frame of one window pane, opening independently of the whole window)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	фо́рточка fórtočka	фо́рточки fórtočki
genitive	фо́рточки fórtočki	фо́рточек fórtoček
dative	фо́рточке fórtočke	фо́рточкам fórtočkam
accusative	фо́рточку fórtočku	фо́рточки fórtočki
instrumental	фо́рточкой, фо́рточкою fórtočkoj, fórtočkoju	фо́рточками fórtočkami
prepositional	фо́рточке fórtočke	фо́рточках fórtočkax

Declension of фо́рточка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

Descendants

• → English: fortochka
• → Georgian: ფორთოჩკა (portočḳa), ფორტოჩკა (porṭočḳa)
• → Ingrian: fortocka
• → Ludian: fortočk