See also: korbač

Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian korbács, itself from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbâç, whip, lash). First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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korbáč m inan (diminutive korbáčik, augmentative korbáčisko, related adjective korbáčový)

  1. whip

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “korbáč”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 289

Further reading

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  • korbáč”, 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