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Czech
Etymology
From orel + -ův.
Pronunciation
Adjective
orlův
- (rare) eagle's
- Synonym: orlů
1888, Josef Kajetán Tyl, chapter 7., in Vlast a matka, Praha: Alois Hynek:[…] svědomí její bylo jako diamant a vůle svobodná jako peruť orlova.- her conscience was like a diamond and her will was free like an eagle's wing.
Usage notes
The possesive adjectives derived from nouns referring to animals (e. g. orlův) are used quite rarely,[1] the adjectives like orlí are used instead: orlí let is far more frequent than orlův let (eagle's flight). The possessive adjective is usually preferred when referring to a single animal, not to the animals (e. g. eagles) generally.
Declension
Declension of orlův (possessive)
Noun
orlův
- (archaic) genitive plural of orel
1854, Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, chapter 13, in Cesta z Království Českého do Benátek, odtud do země Svaté, země Judské a dále do Egypta, a potom na horu Oreb, Sinai a Sv. Kateřiny v Pusté Arábii, volume II, Praha: Řivnáč:Po té cestě do Sues viděli jsme mnoho tisíc orlův.- We saw many thousands of eagles along the way to Suez.
References
Further reading
- “orlův”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)