fenka
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛŋka]
- Rhymes: -ɛŋka
- Hyphenation: fen‧ka
Etymology 1
From fena + -ka. Probably from Medieval Latin fenna, from Latin fēmina (“woman”).[1]
Noun
fenka f
- diminutive of fena (bitch, female dog)
- 2013, Jana Holá, transl., Oběť Molochovi[1], Host, translation of Till offer åt Molok by Åsa Larsson, →ISBN, page 20:
- Možná snil také o fenkách z okolí, o tom, jak mu odpovídají na všechny milostné dopisy, které jim přes den vyčurával na každičké stéblo trávy.
- He might have also dreamt about bitches from the neighbourhood, how they answer him all his love letters that he weed on every single straw of grass during the day.
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
fenka m anim
- genitive/accusative singular of fenek
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “fena”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 185
Further reading
- “fenka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “fenka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛn.ka/
Noun
fenka f (plural fniek)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛn.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛnka
- Syllabification: fen‧ka
Noun
fenka m animal
- genitive/accusative singular of fenek