korbáč

See also: korbač

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian korbács, itself from Ottoman Turkish قرباچ (kırbâç, whip, lash). First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔrbaːt͡ʃ]

Noun

korbáč m inan (relational adjective korbáčový, diminutive korbáčik, augmentative korbáčisko)

  1. whip

Declension

Declension of korbáč
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativekorbáčkorbáče
genitivekorbáčakorbáčov
dativekorbáčukorbáčom
accusativekorbáčkorbáče
locativekorbáčikorbáčoch
instrumentalkorbáčomkorbáčmi

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “korbáč”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 289

Further reading

  • korbáč”, 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