pupek

Czech

Alternative forms

• pupík

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pupek, from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpupɛk]
• Hyphenation: pu‧pek

Noun

pupek m inan

1. navel
2. (colloquial) belly

   Synonym: břicho

Declension

Declension of pupek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pupek	pupky
genitive	pupku	pupků
dative	pupku	pupkům
accusative	pupek	pupky
vocative	pupku	pupky
locative	pupku	pupcích
instrumental	pupkem	pupky

Related terms

adjectives

• pupeční
• pupkatý

 

nouns

• pupeční šňůra
• pupečník
• pupík
• pupkáč

 

Further reading

• “pupek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “pupek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pupek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpupɛk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpupɛk/

Noun

pupek m inan

1. navel
2. midpoint, centre

Declension

Declension of pupek (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pupek	pupky	pupci, pupkové
genitive	pupka, pupku	pupkú	pupkóv
dative	pupku	pupkoma	pupkóm
accusative	pupek	pupky	pupky
vocative	pupče	pupky	pupci, pupkové
locative	pupcě, pupku	pupkú	pupciech
instrumental	pupkem	pupkoma	pupky

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pupek

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pupek”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění