tanečnica
Slovak
Etymology
From tanec (“dance”) + -nica (“suffix forming female occupational names”); the taxonomic name is metonymical expressing the similarity of the mushroom with a fairy female dancer with an umbrella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtaɲet͡ʃɲit͡sa]
- Rhymes: -t͡sa, -ɲit͡sa
- Hyphenation: ta‧nec‧ni‧ca
Noun
tanečnica f (male equivalent tanečník)
- female dancer
- (taxonomy) fungus belonging to the genus Marasmius or to the species of the genera Gloiocephala, Gymnopus, Mycetinis etc. that were previously classified under the generic name Marasmius, fairy ring mushroom, parachute mushroom
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tanečnica | tanečnice |
| genitive | tanečnice | tanečníc |
| dative | tanečnici | tanečniciam |
| accusative | tanečnicu | tanečnice |
| locative | tanečnici | tanečniciach |
| instrumental | tanečnicou | tanečnicami |
Related terms
- barová tanečnica
- cirkusová tanečnica
- dobrá tanečnica
- revuálna tanečnica
- sólová tanečnica
- tancovať
- tanec m
- tanečnica poľná (“Marasmius oreades, fairy ring mushroom”)
- tanečný
Further reading
- “tanečnica”, 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