čobol

See also: Cobol and COBOL

Czech

Etymology

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From Slovak čo bol ("what was" or "who was"), a very frequent collocation of words significantly different from their Czech equivalents (Czech co byl). Possibly associated with a catchphrase čo bolo, to bolo, terazky som majorom ("what's past is past, I am a major now") used by the character of Slovak Major Haluška in Miroslav Švandrlík's satirical novel Černí baroni.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃobol]

Noun

čobol m anim

(derogatory, ethnic slur) Slovak (person)
Synonyms: (derogatory) čobolák, (neutral) Slovák

Declension

Declension of čobol (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	čobol	čobolové
genitive	čobola	čobolů
dative	čobolovi	čobolům
accusative	čobola	čoboly
vocative	čobole	čobolové
locative	čobolovi	čobolech
instrumental	čobolem	čoboly