spojka
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspojka]
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Noun
spojka f (diminutive spoječka)
- connector
- (grammar) conjunction
- Synonym: konjunkce
- (logic) connective
- (engineering) clutch (device to interrupt power transmission or the pedal controlling it)
- point of contact, messenger (an intermediary responsible for communication)
- (optics) convex lens
- (baseball, softball) shortstop
- (rugby) half-back
Declension
Declension of spojka (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spojka | spojky |
| genitive | spojky | spojek |
| dative | spojce | spojkám |
| accusative | spojku | spojky |
| vocative | spojko | spojky |
| locative | spojce | spojkách |
| instrumental | spojkou | spojkami |
Related terms
Further reading
- “spojka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “spojka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “spojka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- “spojka”, in Nový encyklopedický slovník češtiny online (in Czech), 2012–2020
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspɔjka]
Noun
spojka f (genitive singular spojky, nominative plural spojky, genitive plural spojok, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spojka | spojky |
| genitive | spojky | spojok |
| dative | spojke | spojkám |
| accusative | spojku | spojky |
| locative | spojke | spojkách |
| instrumental | spojkou | spojkami |
Derived terms
- spojkový
Further reading
- “spojka”, 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