žufaňa

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schufen. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒufaɲa]

Noun

žufaňa f (diminutive žufanka)

  1. (colloquial) ladle
    Synonyms: varecha, naberačka

Declension

Declension of žufaňa
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativežufaňažufane
genitivežufanežufaní
dativežufanižufaniam
accusativežufaňužufane
locativežufanižufaniach
instrumentalžufaňoužufaňami

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “žufaňa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 699

Further reading

  • žufaňa”, 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