kavka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,[1] representing the bird’s voice.[2] 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

Descendants
  • Czech: Kafka

References
  1. "kavka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

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 (kʿukʿ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /káːʋka/

Noun

kȃvka f

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Inflection
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
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