žolík

Czech

Etymology

Derived from English jolly joker.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒoliːk]
  • Rhymes: -oliːk
  • Hyphenation: žo‧lík

Noun

žolík m anim or m inan

  1. (card games) joker
  2. wildcard (an element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency)

Usage notes

  • The term can usually be declined both as animate or inanimate. If the sense wildcard is used for a person, than only animate declension is possible.

Declension

animate:

Declension of žolík (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative žolík žolíci
genitive žolíka žolíků
dative žolíkovi, žolíku žolíkům
accusative žolíka žolíky
vocative žolíku žolíci
locative žolíkovi, žolíku žolících
instrumental žolíkem žolíky

inanimate:

Declension of žolík (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative žolík žolíky
genitive žolíku žolíků
dative žolíku žolíkům
accusative žolík žolíky
vocative žolíku žolíky
locative žolíku žolících, žolíkách
instrumental žolíkem žolíky

Derived terms

  • žolíkový
  • žolíky

See also

Playing cards in Czech · karty (layout · text)
eso dvojka trojka čtyřka pětka šestka sedmička
osmička devítka desítka kluk dáma král žolík

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