hodváb
Slovak
Etymology
From late Proto-Slavic *gъd(o)vabjь, borrowed from an Old Germanic language like Old Saxon godowebbi or Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌹 (*gudawabi). The Old Germanic word is a compound of *gudą (“god”) + *wabją (“web”) with the meaning “god cloth, cloth for religious use”. Compare cognates Czech hedvábí, Russian and Serbian Old Church Slavonic годовабль (godovablĭ).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦɔdvaːp]
- Rhymes: -aːp
- Hyphenation: hod‧váb
Noun
hodváb m inan (relational adjective hodvábny, diminutive hodvábik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hodváb | hodváby |
| genitive | hodvábu | hodvábov |
| dative | hodvábu | hodvábom |
| accusative | hodváb | hodváby |
| locative | hodvábe | hodváboch |
| instrumental | hodvábom | hodvábmi |
Derived terms
- hodvábne
- hodvábnica
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “hodváb”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 202
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “годовабль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
- “hodváb”, 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