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želva

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See also: zelva

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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želva f (related adjective želví, diminutive želvička)

  1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
  2. (colloquial) old woman; prune (often in sexual context)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • želva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • želva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • želva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

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Želva

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
  • Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

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žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

  1. sea turtle

Declension

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Slovene

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Želva

Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žẹ́lva f

  1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žélva
gen. sing. žélve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
žélva žélvi žélve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
žélve žélv žélv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
žélvi žélvama žélvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
žélvo žélvi žélve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
žélvi žélvah žélvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
žélvo žélvama žélvami

Further reading

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  • želva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • želva”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references