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Czech
Etymology
From hlad (“hunger”) + -ovka. Comapre Slovak hladovka and Polish głodówka.
Pronunciation
Noun
hladovka f
- fast, fasting
- Synonym: půst
- hunger strike (a fast undertaken as a means of protest)
Declension
Declension of hladovka (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hladovka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hladovka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hladovka” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “hladovka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)