pijavka
Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɪjafka]
- Hyphenation: pi‧jav‧ka
- Rhymes: -afka
Noun
pijavka f
- leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid)
- Synonym: pijavice
- leech (a person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion)
- Synonym: pijavice
Declension
Declension of pijavka (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pijavka | pijavky |
| genitive | pijavky | pijavek |
| dative | pijavce | pijavkám |
| accusative | pijavku | pijavky |
| vocative | pijavko | pijavky |
| locative | pijavce | pijavkách |
| instrumental | pijavkou | pijavkami |
Further reading
- “pijavka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pijavka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pijavka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pijáːʋka/
Noun
pijȃvka f
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | pijávka | ||
| gen. sing. | pijávke | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pijávka | pijávki | pijávke |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
pijávke | pijávk | pijávk |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
pijávki | pijávkama | pijávkam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pijávko | pijávki | pijávke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
pijávki | pijávkah | pijávkah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
pijávko | pijávkama | pijávkami |
Further reading
- “pijavka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025