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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrobakъ.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m anim (diminutive chrobáček)
- dung beetle
- Synonym: hovnivál
Declension
Declension of chrobák (velar masculine animate)
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xrobakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (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)
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m animal
- (Żywiec) Alternative form of robak
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
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xrobakъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chrobák m animal (relational adjective chrobačí, diminutive chrobáčik, augmentative chrobáčisko)
- beetle
Declension
Declension of
chrobák (patterns
chlap (singular) and
dub (plural))
Further reading
- “chrobák”, 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, 2003–2025