hríb
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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gribъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
hríb m inan (related adjective hríbový, diminutive hríbik or hríbček, augmentative hríbisko)
- fungus belonging to the family Boletaceae, especially to the genus Boletus
- (colloquial) edible mushroom in general
- anything resembling the shape of a mushroom, e.g. darning mushroom, mushroom cloud
Declension
Declension of hríb (pattern dub)
Derived terms
- hríbikový, hríbovitý, hríbovito
- hríbar ~ hríbár, hríbarka ~ hríbárka, hríbarský ~ hríbársky, hríbarstvo ~ hríbárstvo
- hríbovité
- hríbnik, hríbovec, hríbovník
- suchohríb, tmavohríb, zlatohríb
- Hríb, Hríbová
- starý hríb (“elderly person who behaves like a young man”, ironic)
- atómový hríb
- hríb na štopkanie
Further reading
- “hríb”, 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