Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvě̄rę̀.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zviera n (genitive singular zvieraťa, nominative plural zvieratá, genitive plural zvierat, declension pattern of dievča)

  1. animal, beast

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 553-554

Further reading

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  • zviera”, 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