ducka

From ducá + -ka.

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈdut͡s.ka]

ducka f

1. (Lasovia) diminutive of duczaj

• Szymon Matusiak (1880), “ducka”, in “Gwara lasowska w okolicy Tarnobrzega, studyjum dyjalektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 172

From English duck. Attested since 1645.

ducka (present duckar, preterite duckade, supine duckat, imperative ducka)

1. to duck (usually to avoid being hit by something)

   Han duckade för bollen som kom flygande mot honom.

   He ducked the ball that came flying toward him.

2. (figuratively, often transitively with för) to duck (evade, often responsibility or the like)

• “ducka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ducka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ducka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)