kavka

See also: Kavka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,[1] representing the bird’s voice.[2] Cognate with Polish kawka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkafka]
  • Homophone: Kafka

Noun

kavka f (relational adjective kavčí)

  1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kavka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kavka kavky
genitive kavky kavek
dative kavce kavkám
accusative kavku kavky
vocative kavko kavky
locative kavce kavkách
instrumental kavkou kavkami

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: Kafka

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kavka”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkavka]

Noun

kavka f (relational adjective kavčí)

  1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kavka
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativekavkakavky
genitivekavkykaviek
dativekavkekavkám
accusativekavkukavky
locativekavkekavkách
instrumentalkavkoukavkami

Further reading

  • “kavka”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, ultimately imitative. Outside of Slavic it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /káːʋka/

Noun

kȃvka f

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. kávka
gen. sing. kávke
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kávka kávki kávke
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kávke kávk kávk
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kávki kávkama kávkam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kávko kávki kávke
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kávki kávkah kávkah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kávko kávkama kávkami

Further reading

  • “kavka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “kavka”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
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