holub
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech holub, from Proto-Slavic *golǫbь.
Pronunciation
Noun
holub m anim (feminine holubice)
- dove, pigeon
- (colloquial) boogie, mucus (piece of solid or semisolid mucus from the nostril)
- Synonym: šušeň
Declension
Related terms
adjective
nouns
proverb
Further reading
- holub in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- holub in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- holub in Internetová jazyková příručka
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golǫbь.
Pronunciation
Noun
holub m anim (genitive singular holuba, nominative plural holuby, genitive plural holubov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Declension of holub
Derived terms
Further reading
- “holub”, 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, 2024