bitva
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bitva, equivalent to bít + -tva. Cognates include Russian би́тва (bítva), and Slovene bítva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɪtva]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtva
Noun
bitva f
Declension
Declension of bitva (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bitva | bitvy |
| genitive | bitvy | bitev |
| dative | bitvě | bitvám |
| accusative | bitvu | bitvy |
| vocative | bitvo | bitvy |
| locative | bitvě | bitvách |
| instrumental | bitvou | bitvami |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bitva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bitva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “bitva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian bitta (“bollard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bîtʋa/
Noun
bȉtva f (Cyrillic spelling би̏тва)
Declension
Declension of bitva
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bȉtva | bȉtve |
| genitive | bȉtve | bȉtva |
| dative | bȉtvi | bȉtvama |
| accusative | bȉtvu | bȉtve |
| vocative | bȉtvo | bȉtve |
| locative | bȉtvi | bȉtvama |
| instrumental | bȉtvom | bȉtvama |
Further reading
- “bitva”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Etymology 2
Noun
bȉtva f (Cyrillic spelling би̏тва)
- alternative form of blȉtva