fajfka
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfajfka]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fajf‧ka
Noun
fajfka f
- a long tobacco pipe with (usually) a ceramic head (that may have a cap) and curved (up to 180°) ends which is held vertically
- (informal) any pipe (smoking tool)
- Synonym: dýmka
- (informal) tick, check mark
Declension
Declension of fajfka (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fajfka | fajfky |
| genitive | fajfky | fajfek |
| dative | fajfce | fajfkám |
| accusative | fajfku | fajfky |
| vocative | fajfko | fajfky |
| locative | fajfce | fajfkách |
| instrumental | fajfkou | fajfkami |
Further reading
- “fajfka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “fajfka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “fajfka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈfaj.fka/
Noun
fajfka f
- (Central Greater Poland) alternative form of fajka
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “faifka”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18