chobotnica

Slovak

Etymology

From chobot +‎ -nica. Compare Czech chobotnice, Serbo-Croatian hobotnica, and Slovene hobotnica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxɔbɔtɲit͡sa]
  • Hyphenation: cho‧bot‧ni‧ca

Noun

chobotnica f (relational adjective chobotničí, diminutive chobotnička)

  1. octopus (mollusc)
    Synonym: osmonoh

Declension

Declension of chobotnica
(pattern ulica)
singularplural
nominativechobotnicachobotnice
genitivechobotnicechobotníc
dativechobotnicichobotniciam
accusativechobotnicuchobotnice
locativechobotnicichobotniciach
instrumentalchobotnicouchobotnicami

Further reading

  • chobotnica”, 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, 2003–2025