šakal

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See also: sakal and sakál

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schakal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ša‧kal

Noun

šakal m anim

  1. jackal

Declension

Declension of šakal (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative šakal šakalové, šakali
genitive šakala šakalů
dative šakalovi, šakalu šakalům
accusative šakala šakaly
vocative šakale šakalové, šakali
locative šakalovi, šakalu šakalech
instrumental šakalem šakaly

Further reading

  • “šakal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “šakal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Šakal

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Doublet of čàgalj, directly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃâkal/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧kal

Noun

šȁkal m (Cyrillic spelling ша̏кал)

  1. jackal
  2. (derogatory) One who benefits from the work of others; jackal, vulture.

Declension

Declension of šakal
singular plural
nominative šȁkal šakali
genitive šȁkala šakala
dative šakalu šakalima
accusative šakala šakale
vocative šakale šakali
locative šakalu šakalima
instrumental šakalom šakalima

Synonyms

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šağâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

šakal m anim (related adjective šakalí)

  1. jackal

Declension

Declension of šakal
singular plural
nominative šakal šakaly
genitive šakala šakalov
dative šakalovi šakalom
accusative šakala šakaly
locative šakalovi šakaloch
instrumental šakalom šakalmi

Noun

šakal m anim

  1. jackal (person)

Declension

Declension of šakal
singular plural
nominative šakal šakali
genitive šakala šakalov
dative šakalovi šakalom
accusative šakala šakalov
locative šakalovi šakaloch
instrumental šakalom šakalmi

Further reading

  • “šakal”, 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

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

šakȃl m anim

  1. jackal

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. šakál
gen. sing. šakála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		šakál šakála šakáli
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		šakála šakálov šakálov
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		šakálu šakáloma šakálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		šakála šakála šakále
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		šakálu šakálih šakálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		šakálom šakáloma šakáli

Further reading

  • “šakal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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