šnek

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnecke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

šnek m anim

  1. (colloquial) snail (gastropod)
    Synonym: hlemýžď
  2. (colloquial) snail, sluggard (slow person)

Declension

Declension of šnek (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative šnek šneci
genitive šneka šneků
dative šnekovi, šneku šnekům
accusative šneka šneky
vocative šneku šneci
locative šnekovi, šneku šnecích
instrumental šnekem šneky

Noun

šnek m inan

  1. (music) volute

Declension

Declension of šnek (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative šnek šneky
genitive šneku šneků
dative šneku šnekům
accusative šnek šneky
vocative šneku šneky
locative šneku šnecích
instrumental šnekem šneky

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “šnek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “šnek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “šnek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnecke. First attested in the 20th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

šnek m animal (related adjective šnekový) (proscribed)

  1. worm drive
    Synonym: (prescriptive) závitovka

Declension

Declension of šnek (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))
singularplural
nominativešnekšneky
genitivešnekašnekov
dativešnekovišnekom
accusativešnekašneky
locativešnekovišnekoch
instrumentalšnekomšnekmi

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “šnek”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 587

Further reading

  • “šnek”, 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, 2003–2024
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