želva

Czech

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛlva/

Noun

želva f

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

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	želva	želvy
genitive	želvy	želv
dative	želvě	želvám
accusative	želvu	želvy
vocative	želvo	želvy
locative	želvě	želvách
instrumental	želvou	želvami

Derived terms

• želví
• želvovina
• želvovinový

Further reading

• želva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• želva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Serbo-Croatian

Želva

Etymology

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

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

Noun

žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

1. sea turtle

Declension

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

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Slovene

Želva

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ʒèːlʋa/

Noun

žẹ́lva f

1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	žélva
gen. sing.	žélve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žélva	žélvi	žélve
accusative	žélvo	žélvi	žélve
genitive	žélve	žélv	žélv
dative	žélvi	žélvama	žélvam
locative	žélvi	žélvah	žélvah
instrumental	žélvo	žélvama	žélvami

Further reading

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