cibule

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cepulla, from Latin cepa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪbulɛ]
  • Rhymes: -ulɛ
  • Hyphenation: ci‧bu‧le

Noun

cibule f (related adjective cibulový, diminutive cibulka)

  1. onion (Allium cepa)
  2. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)
  3. (colloquial, in the plural) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)

Declension
Declension of cibule (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative cibule cibule
genitive cibule cibulí
dative cibuli cibulím
accusative cibuli cibule
vocative cibule cibule
locative cibuli cibulích
instrumental cibulí cibulemi

Derived terms
adjectives
  • cibulnatý
  • cibulovitý
  • cibulový
nouns

Further reading
  • cibule in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • cibule in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • cibule in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • cibule in Internetová jazyková příručka
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