lyska

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See also: łyska and łyską

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Lyska

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lyska, from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

Noun

lyska f

  1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Further reading

  • lyska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • lyska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɫɨska/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈliska/

Noun

lyska f

  1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: lyska

Further reading

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka. First attested in 1707.

Noun

lyska f

  1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “lyska”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lyska f

  1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Further reading

  • lyska”, 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, 2003–2025