vankúš
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German wangkussīn, which is a compound of wanga (“cheek”) (cf. German Wange) and kussīn (“cushion”) (cf. German Kissen). The second part comes from Old French coissin (“cushion”) (cf. French coussin), from Medieval Latin coxinus (“cushion”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvankuːʃ]
- Homophone: Vankúš
Noun
vankúš m inan (relational adjective vankúšový, diminutive vankúšik)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vankúš | vankúše |
| genitive | vankúša | vankúšov |
| dative | vankúšu | vankúšom |
| accusative | vankúš | vankúše |
| locative | vankúši | vankúšoch |
| instrumental | vankúšom | vankúšmi |
Synonyms
- hlavnica f
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “vankúš”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 649
Further reading
- “vankúš”, 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