Opava
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Opava
- A city in the Czech Republic.
- A river in the Czech Republic.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈopava]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ava
- Hyphenation: Opa‧va
Proper noun
Opava f (relational adjective opavský, demonym Opavan, female demonym Opavanka)
- a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava
- a river in the northeastern Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Oder river
Declension
Declension of Opava (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Opava |
| genitive | Opavy |
| dative | Opavě |
| accusative | Opavu |
| vocative | Opavo |
| locative | Opavě |
| instrumental | Opavou |
Proper noun
Opava m anim (female equivalent Opavová)
- a male surname transferred from the place name
Declension
Declension of Opava (masculine animate in -a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Opava | Opavové |
| genitive | Opavy | Opavů |
| dative | Opavovi | Opavům |
| accusative | Opavu | Opavy |
| vocative | Opavo | Opavové |
| locative | Opavovi | Opavech |
| instrumental | Opavou | Opavy |
Derived terms
- Opavsko
Further reading
- “Opava”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Opava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Opava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025