tanečnica

Slovak

Etymology

From tanec (“dance”) +‎ -nica (“suffix forming female occupational names”); the taxonomic name is metonymical expressing the similarity of the mushroom with a fairy female dancer with an umbrella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaɲet͡sɲit͡sa]
• Rhymes: -t͡sa, -ɲit͡sa
• Hyphenation: ta‧nec‧ni‧ca

Noun

tanečnica f (nominative plural tanecnice, genitive plural tanecníc, declension pattern of ulica)

1. female dancer
2. (taxonomy) fungus belonging to the genus Marasmius or to the species of the genera Gloiocephala, Gymnopus, Mycetinis etc. that were previously classified under the generic name Marasmius, fairy ring mushroom, parachute mushroom

Declension

Declension of tanečnica

	singular	plural
nominative	tanečnica	tanečnice
genitive	tanečnice	tanečníc
dative	tanečnici	tanečniciam
accusative	tanečnicu	tanečnice
locative	tanečnici	tanečniciach
instrumental	tanečnicou	tanečnicami

Related terms

• tancovať
• tanec m
• tanečník m
• tanečný
• barová tanečnica
• cirkusová tanečnica
• dobrá tanečnica
• revuálna tanečnica
• sólová tanečnica
• tanečnica poľná (“Marasmius oreades, fairy ring mushroom”)
• špička

Further reading

• “tanečnica”, 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