veľryba

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See also: velryba

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьrybъ, in turn a partial calque of Middle High German walvisch.

Pronunciation

Noun

veľryba f (related adjective veľrybí)

  1. whale

Declension

Further reading

  • veľryba”, 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