Šumava

See also: sumava

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šuma (“dense forest”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃumava]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Hyphenation: Šu‧ma‧va

Proper noun

Šumava f (relational adjective šumavský, demonym Šumavan, female demonym Šumavanka)

  1. Bohemian Forest (a mountain range in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany)

Declension

Declension of Šumava (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Šumava
genitive Šumavy
dative Šumavě
accusative Šumavu
vocative Šumavo
locative Šumavě
instrumental Šumavou

References

  1. ^ Lutterer, Ivan, Šrámek, Rudolf (1997) “Šumava”, in Zeměpisná jména v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, Havlíčkův Brod: Tobiáš, →ISBN, page 253

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