želva

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See also: zelva

Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

Noun

želva f (related adjective želví)

  1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
  2. (colloquial) old woman; prune (often in sexual context)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • želva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • želva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Želva

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
  • Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

  1. sea turtle

Declension

Slovene

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Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation

Noun

žẹ́lva f

  1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žélva
gen. sing. žélve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
žélva žélvi žélve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
žélve žélv žélv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
žélvi žélvama žélvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
žélvo žélvi žélve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
žélvi žélvah žélvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
žélvo žélvama žélvami

Further reading

  • želva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024