xénia

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See also: xenia, Xenia, xenía, xenią, and Xénia

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

xénia f (genitive singular xénie, nominative plural xénie, genitive plural xénií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. (literature) a type of epigram
  2. (classical studies) the concept of hospitality to strangers
  3. (botany) the effect that genes from pollen have on the endosperm

Declension

Declension of xénia
singular plural
nominative xénia xénie
genitive xénie xénií
dative xénii xéniám
accusative xéniu xénie
locative xénii xéniách
instrumental xéniou xéniami

Further reading

  • “xénia”, 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
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