šiška

See also: Siska, Šiška, and sıska

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech šiška, from Proto-Slavic *šišьka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɪʃka]
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃka
  • Hyphenation: ši‧š‧ka

Noun

šiška f (relational adjective šiškový, diminutive šištička)

  1. cone (fruit of conifer)
  2. loaf
  3. small dumpling
  4. (informal) human head
    Synonym: hlava

Declension

nouns
  • šištice

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *šišьka. Compare Serbo-Croatian шишка/šiška (gall), Bulgarian шиша́рка (šišárka, cone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃiʃka]

Noun

šiška f (diminutive šištička)

  1. cone (fruit of conifer)
    Synonym: šuška

Declension

Declension of šiška
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativešiškašišky
genitivešiškyšišiek
dativešiškešiškám
accusativešiškušišky
locativešiškešiškách
instrumentalšiškoušiškami

Derived terms

  • šiškový

Further reading

  • šiška”, 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