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Czech
Etymology
Derived from English jolly joker.
Pronunciation
Noun
žolík m anim or m inan
- (card games) joker
- wildcard (an element, often deliberately concealed, which is withheld for contingency)
Usage notes
- The term can usually be declined both as animate or inanimate. If the sense wildcard is used for a person, than only animate declension is possible.
Declension
animate:
Declension of žolík (velar masculine animate)
inanimate:
Declension of žolík (velar masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “žolík”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žolík”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989