uhorka

See also: Uhorka

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • uhorok, uharka, uherka, ugorka (dialectal)

Etymology

Akin to Old Czech oharek (since c. 1410), Czech okurka, Old Polish ogurek (since 1394), Polish ogórek, all from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) or a related form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈuɦɔrka]

Noun

uhorka f (relational adjective uhorkový, diminutive uhorčička or uhorôčka)

  1. cucumber
  2. pickle

Declension

Declension of uhorka
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeuhorkauhorky
genitiveuhorkyuhoriek
dativeuhorkeuhorkám
accusativeuhorkuuhorky
locativeuhorkeuhorkách
instrumentaluhorkouuhorkami

Further reading

  • uhorka”, 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