krk

See also: KRK and Krk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech krk, from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ,[1] originally from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkr̩k]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: krk
  • Rhymes: -r̩k

Noun

krk m inan (diminutive krček)

  1. neck

Declension

adjectives

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “krk”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkr̩k/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkr̩k/

Noun

krk m inan

  1. neck

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: krk

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kr̩k]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: Krk

Noun

krk m inan (relational adjective krčný, diminutive kŕčik or kŕčok or krček)

  1. neck

Declension

Declension of krk
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativekrkkrky
genitivekrkukrkov
dativekrkukrkom
accusativekrkkrky
locativekrkukrkoch
instrumentalkrkomkrkmi

Further reading

  • krk”, 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