Malchika

Malchika is the transliteration of the Russian word мальчика, the genitive singular form of мальчик, meaning “boy.” The base noun мальчик refers to a male child, typically a boy up to adolescence. In Russian, мальчика is used in genitive constructions and as the accusative singular for animate masculine nouns, as well as in phrases indicating possession.

In standard transliteration, мальчика is written as malchika. Some spellings such as mal'chika reflect the soft sign in the Cyrillic spelling. The word is not a separate English lexical item but a grammatical form of мальчик.

Morphology: мальчик is masculine singular; its case forms are nominative мальчик; genitive мальчика; dative мальчику; accusative мальчика; instrumental мальчиком; prepositional мальчике. The accusative form for animate nouns coincides with the genitive: мальчика.

Usage notes: malchika appears in phrases such as “у мальчика есть книга” (the boy has a book) and “книга мальчика” (the boy’s book). It is commonly encountered in Russian grammar explanations and in translations to indicate possession or object relationships involving a boy. Because it is a case form, its exact spelling changes with the syntactic role in a sentence.

See also: мальчик, Russian grammar, genitive case, transliteration.