hroch
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on roch (“war elephant figure in chess”) or on onomatopoeic hrochati (“to bang, to oink”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hroch m anim
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ "hroch" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
Further reading edit
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hroch m anim (declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Declension of hroch
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hroch”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024