See also: zelva

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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želva f (relational adjective želví, diminutive želvička)

  1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
  2. (colloquial) old woman; prune (often in sexual context)

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Želva

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
  • Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

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žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

  1. sea turtle

Declension

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Declension of želva
singular plural
nominative želva želve
genitive želve želvi
dative želvi želvama
accusative želvu želve
vocative želvo želve
locative želvi želvama
instrumental želvom želvama

Slovene

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Želva

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žẹ́lva f

  1. turtle, tortoise

Declension

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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. žélva
gen. sing. žélve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
žélva žélvi žélve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
žélve žélv žélv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
žélvi žélvama žélvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
žélvo žélvi žélve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
žélvi žélvah žélvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
žélvo žélvama žélvami

Further reading

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  • želva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • želva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references