pijavice
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech pijěvicě (“leech”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɪjavɪt͡sɛ]
Noun
pijavice f
- leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid)
- Synonym: pijavka
- leech (a person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion)
- Synonym: pijavka
Declension
Declension of pijavice (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pijavice | pijavice |
| genitive | pijavice | pijavic |
| dative | pijavici | pijavicím |
| accusative | pijavici | pijavice |
| vocative | pijavice | pijavice |
| locative | pijavici | pijavicích |
| instrumental | pijavicí | pijavicemi |
Further reading
- “pijavice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pijavice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pijavice”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025