kavka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic, representing the bird’s voice. Cognate with Polish kawka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafka]
• Homophone: Kafka

Noun

kavka f

1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kavka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kavka	kavky
genitive	kavky	kavek
dative	kavce	kavkám
accusative	kavku	kavky
vocative	kavko	kavky
locative	kavce	kavkách
instrumental	kavkou	kavkami

Derived terms

• kavče
• kavčí
• kavkovití

 

Descendants

• Czech: Kafka

Further reading

• kavka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kavka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kavka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka, ultimately imitative. Outside of Slavic it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káːʋka/

Noun

kȃvka f

1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kávka
gen. sing.	kávke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kávka	kávki	kávke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kávke	kávk	kávk
dative (dajȃlnik)	kávki	kávkama	kávkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kávko	kávki	kávke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kávki	kávkah	kávkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kávko	kávkama	kávkami

Further reading

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