volavka

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolafka]
• Rhymes: -afka
• Hyphenation: vo‧lav‧ka

Etymology 1

Noun

volavka f (related adjective volavčí)

1. heron (bird)

Declension

Declension of volavka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	volavka	volavky
genitive	volavky	volavek
dative	volavce	volavkám
accusative	volavku	volavky
vocative	volavko	volavky
locative	volavce	volavkách
instrumental	volavkou	volavkami

Etymology 2

Noun

volavka f

1. lure

   Synonyms: lákadlo, vábidlo

Declension

Declension of volavka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	volavka	volavky
genitive	volavky	volavek
dative	volavce	volavkám
accusative	volavku	volavky
vocative	volavko	volavky
locative	volavce	volavkách
instrumental	volavkou	volavkami

Etymology 3

Noun

volavka m anim

1. crier, barker

   Synonym: vyvolavač

Declension

Declension of volavka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	volavka	volavkové
genitive	volavky	volavků
dative	volavkovi	volavkům
accusative	volavku	volavky
vocative	volavko	volavkové
locative	volavkovi	volavcích
instrumental	volavkou	volavky

Further reading

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɫau̯ka/

Noun

volavka f (genitive singular volavky, nominative plural volavky, genitive plural volaviek, declension pattern of žena)

1. heron

Declension

Declension of volavka

	singular	plural
nominative	volavka	volavky
genitive	volavky	volaviek
dative	volavke	volavkám
accusative	volavku	volavky
locative	volavke	volavkách
instrumental	volavkou	volavkami

Derived terms

• volavčí

Further reading

• “volavka”, 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