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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koťurъ.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kocúr m animal (female equivalent mačka, related adjective kocúrí, diminutive kocúrik, augmentative kocúrisko)
- tomcat (domestic species)
- kocúr v čižmách ― Puss-in-Boots
- Keď nie je kocúr doma, myši majú hody. ― When the cat is away the mice will play.
Declension
Declension of
kocúr (patterns
chlap (singular) and
dub (plural))
Noun
kocúr m pers (diminutive kocúrik, augmentative kocúrisko)
- lecher
- starý kocúr ― lecher
Declension
Declension of
kocúr (pattern
chlap)
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “kocúr”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 273
Further reading
- “kocúr”, 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