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Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьrybъ, in turn a partial calque of Middle High German walvisch.
Pronunciation
Noun
veľryba f (related adjective veľrybí)
- whale
Declension
Declension of
veľryba (pattern
žena)
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