vlk
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech vlk, from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vlk m anim (feminine vlčice, related adjective vlčí)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
vlk m inan
- child's noisemaking spinning top
- (textiles, rare) tearing machine
- (colloquial) sprain, charley horse
- (forestry) burgeoning tree shoot
- (folk) spiny burdock fruit
- (folk) charred candle wick
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
- vľk (alternative writing)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vlk m animal
Declension edit
Declension of vlk (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vlk | vlky | vlci, vlkové |
| genitive | vlka, vlku | vlkú | vlkóv |
| dative | vlku, vlkovi | vlkoma | vlkóm |
| accusative | vlk, vlka | vlky | vlky |
| vocative | vlče | vlky | vlci, vlkové |
| locative | vlcě, vlku, vlkovi | vlkú | vlciech |
| instrumental | vlkem | vlkoma | vlky |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: vlk
Further reading edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vlk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
vlk m (Cyrillic spelling влк)
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vlk m anim (genitive singular vlka, nominative plural vlci, vlky, genitive plural vlkov, declension pattern of chlap or dub)
Declension edit
Declension of vlk
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “vlk”, 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