kmeň

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See also: kmen

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъmenь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kmeň m inan (genitive singular kmeňa, nominative plural kmene, genitive plural kmeňov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. trunk (of a tree)
  2. log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
  3. tribe (group of people)
  4. (taxonomy) phylum
  5. strain (biology) (variant of species, like of virus)
  6. (linguistics) stem

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kmeň”, 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, 2024