nohavica

Slovak

Etymology

Back-formed as a singular of nohavice (“pants”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɦavit͡sa/

Noun

nohavica f (genitive singular nohavice, nominative plural nohavice, genitive plural nohavíc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a right or left half of pants
2. a pant sleeve

Declension

Declension of nohavica

	singular	plural
nominative	nohavica	nohavice
genitive	nohavice	nohavíc
dative	nohavici	nohaviciam
accusative	nohavicu	nohavice
locative	nohavici	nohaviciach
instrumental	nohavicou	nohavicami

Derived terms

• nohavicový
• nohavičky
• nohavice

Further reading

• “nohavica”, 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