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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech tráva, from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
Noun
tráva f (related adjective trávový or travní or trávní)
- grass (plant of the family Poaceae)
- (slang) weed (marijuana)
- Synonym: marihuana
Usage notes
- SSJC mentions only the long-vowel form trávou in the singular, but IJP notes that travou also appears in literary works and considers it acceptable.
Declension
Declension of tráva (hard feminine quant-alt)
Derived terms
Further reading
- tráva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tráva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- tráva in Internetová jazyková příručka
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.
Pronunciation
Noun
tráva f (genitive singular trávy, nominative plural trávy, genitive plural tráv, declension pattern of žena)
- grass (plant of the family Poaceae)
- (slang) weed (marijuana)
- Synonym: marihuana
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tráva”, 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