chrípka

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See also: chřipka

Slovak

Etymology

From German Grippe +‎ -ka.[1] Compare Czech chřipka.

Pronunciation

Noun

chrípka f (related adjective chrípkový)

  1. influenza, flu (a contagious viral disease affecting mainly the respiratory organs)
    deti nechodili do školy, lebo mali chrípku
    children didn't go to school because they had the flu

Declension

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “chrípka”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 223

Further reading

  • chrípka”, 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