russian translation

Replies: 17 - Last Post: Oct 4, 2012 12:45 AM Last Post By: iviehoff

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Oct 3, 2012 7:33 AM
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I've heard tshotshke used that way.

Well, not in my personal experience. But there was a great exhibit on tschotschkes (really) at the Jewish Museum here about 10 years ago and they mentioned that use.

Yes, context would be very good.

iviehoff

Oct 3, 2012 7:51 AM
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but that Czech ř suggests the possibility

The Czech is precisely tretka with no ř or t', though apparently cetka is also possible, which could correspond to the Polish cacko. I haven't previously come across a case of č in one Slavonic language relating to tr or tř in Czech, although t and č can interchange in some circumstances, and before a k is such a circumstance, so I wouldn't dismiss the possibility that tretka is the same as czaczko out of hand. Though I share the general discomfort at it looking like rather a big difference from the Polish/Yiddish.

iviehoff

Oct 4, 2012 12:45 AM
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And, for what it's worth, my Czech wife is unaware of any off-dictionary vocabulary similar to čačka and would not understand what a Slovak meant if such said it, despite having grown up with Slovak neighbours.