hroch
Czech
Etymology
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on roch (“war elephant figure in chess”) or on onomatopoeic hrochati (“to bang, to oink”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦrox]
Noun
hroch m anim
Declension
Declension of hroch (velar masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hroch | hroši |
| genitive | hrocha | hrochů |
| dative | hrochovi, hrochu | hrochům |
| accusative | hrocha | hrochy |
| vocative | hrochu | hroši |
| locative | hrochovi, hrochu | hroších |
| instrumental | hrochem | hrochy |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “hroch”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “hroch”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hroch”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hroch”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɦrɔx]
Noun
hroch m animal (female equivalent hrošica, relational adjective hroší, diminutive hrošík)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hroch | hrochy |
| genitive | hrocha | hrochov |
| dative | hrochovi | hrochom |
| accusative | hrocha | hrochy |
| locative | hrochovi | hrochoch |
| instrumental | hrochom | hrochmi |
Further reading
- “hroch”, 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