žralok
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Czech
Etymology
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl based on Polish żarłok (“glutton”). Analyzable as žral + -ok. From žrát (“eat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
žralok m anim (related adjective žraločí)
- shark
- the separation of the sole from the front of a shoe or boot (that makes the front of the shoe look like the open mouth of a shark)
- Zakopl jsem o obrubník a teď mám na botě žraloka. ― I tripped on the curb and ripped the sole off of the front of my shoe. (literally, “…and now there's a shark on my shoe.”)
Declension
Further reading
- “žralok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žralok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žralok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
žralok m animal (related adjective žraločí)
Declension
Further reading
- “žralok”, 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