vlk
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vlk, from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvl̩k]
audio (file) - Hyphenation: vlk
- Rhymes: -l̩k
Noun
vlk m anim (feminine vlčice, related adjective vlčí)
- wolf
- (expressive) experienced, courageous person
- (expressive, derogatory) insidious, cruel person
Declension
Noun
vlk m inan
- child's noisemaking spinning top
- (textiles, rare) tearing machine
- (colloquial) sprain, charley horse
- (forestry) burgeoning tree shoot
- (folk) spiny burdock fruit
- (folk) charred candle wick
Declension
Old Czech
Alternative forms
- vľk (alternative writing)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Declension
Declension of vlk (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | vlk | vlky | vlci, vlkové |
genitive | vlka, vlku | vlkú | vlkóv |
dative | vlku, vlkovi | vlkoma | vlkóm |
accusative | vlk, vlka | vlky | vlky |
vocative | vlče | vlky | vlci, vlkové |
locative | vlcě, vlku, vlkovi | vlkú | vlciech |
instrumental | vlkem | vlkoma | vlky |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: vlk
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vlk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vl̩k]
- Homophone: Vlk
Noun
vlk m anim (genitive singular vlka, nominative plural vlci, vlky, genitive plural vlkov, declension pattern of chlap or dub)
Declension
Further reading
- “vlk”, 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, 2024
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