šarkan

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian sárkány.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃarkan]

Noun

šarkan m animal (relational adjective šarkaní, augmentative šarkanisko)

  1. dragon
    Synonym: drak

Declension

Declension of šarkan
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativešarkanšarkany
genitivešarkanašarkanov
dativešarkanovišarkanom
accusativešarkanašarkany
locativešarkanovišarkanoch
instrumentalšarkanomšarkanmi

Noun

šarkan m pers (female equivalent šarkanica)

  1. (derogatory) bad person

Declension

Declension of šarkan
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativešarkanšarkani
genitivešarkanašarkanov
dativešarkanovišarkanom
accusativešarkanašarkanov
locativešarkanovišarkanoch
instrumentalšarkanomšarkanmi

Noun

šarkan m animal

  1. kite (flying toy on string)

Declension

Declension of šarkan
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativešarkanšarkany
genitivešarkanašarkanov
dativešarkanovišarkanom
accusativešarkanašarkany
locativešarkanovišarkanoch
instrumentalšarkanomšarkanmi

Further reading

  • šarkan”, 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, 2003–2025