nohavice

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech nohavicě, from Proto-Slavic *nogavica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoɦavɪt͡sɛ]

Noun

nohavice f

1. leg (part of garment, such as a pair of trousers or pants, that covers a leg)

Declension

Declension of nohavice (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	nohavice	nohavice
genitive	nohavice	nohavic
dative	nohavici	nohavicím
accusative	nohavici	nohavice
vocative	nohavice	nohavice
locative	nohavici	nohavicích
instrumental	nohavicí	nohavicemi

Further reading

• nohavice in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• nohavice in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• nohavice in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

From noha (“leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɦavit͡sɛ/

Noun

nohavice f (genitive plural nohavíc, declension pattern of ulica) (plural only)

1. the outer clothing fully or partly covering both legs with two long or short sleeves, trousers

Declension

Declension of nohavice

	plurale tantum
nominative	nohavice
genitive	nohavíc
dative	nohaviciam
accusative	nohavice
locative	nohaviciach
instrumental	nohavicami

Derived terms

• krátke nohavice
• nohavicový
• nohavičky

Noun

nohavice

1. genitive singular of nohavica
2. nominative plural of nohavica

Further reading

• “nohavice”, 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