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kavka

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,[1] representing the bird’s voice.[2] Cognate with Polish kawka.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kavka f

  1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension edit

Declension of kavka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kavka kavky
genitive kavky kavek
dative kavce kavkám
accusative kavku kavky
vocative kavko kavky
locative kavce kavkách
instrumental kavkou kavkami

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Czech: Kafka

References edit

  1. ^ "kavka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading edit

  • kavka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kavka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kavka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka, ultimately imitative. Outside of Slavic it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kȃvka f

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. kávka
gen. sing. kávke
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kávka kávki kávke
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kávke kávk kávk
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kávki kávkama kávkam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kávko kávki kávke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kávki kávkah kávkah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kávko kávkama kávkami

Further reading edit

  • “kavka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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