zviera

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvě̄rę̀.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzvi̯ɛra/

Noun

zviera n (genitive singular zvieraťa, nominative plural zvieratá, genitive plural zvierat, declension pattern of dievča)

  1. animal, beast

Declension
Declension of zviera
singular plural
nominative zviera zvieratá
genitive zvieraťa zvierat
dative zvieraťu zvieratám
accusative zviera zvieratá
locative zvierati zvieratách
instrumental zvieraťom zvieratami

Derived terms
  • zvierací
  • zvieratko
  • zvieratstvo

References
  1. Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎, volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 553-554

Further reading
  • “zviera”, 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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