chrobák
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrobakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m anim (diminutive chrobáček)
- dung beetle
- Synonym: hovnivál
Declension
Declension of chrobák (velar masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chrobák | chrobáci |
| genitive | chrobáka | chrobáků |
| dative | chrobákovi, chrobáku | chrobákům |
| accusative | chrobáka | chrobáky |
| vocative | chrobáku | chrobáci |
| locative | chrobákovi, chrobáku | chrobácích |
| instrumental | chrobákem | chrobáky |
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 99
Further reading
- “chrobák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chrobák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chrobák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- “chrobák”, in Český jazykový atlas (in Czech), volume 2, number 45, 2012–2014
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m animal
Further reading
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “chrobák”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354
- Aleksander Saloni (1908) “chrobák”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 333
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrobakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m animal (relational adjective chrobačí, diminutive chrobáčik, augmentative chrobáčisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chrobák | chrobáky |
| genitive | chrobáka | chrobákov |
| dative | chrobákovi | chrobákom |
| accusative | chrobáka | chrobáky |
| locative | chrobákovi | chrobákoch |
| instrumental | chrobákom | chrobákmi |
Further reading
- “chrobák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025