Kavka

See also: kavka

Czech

Etymology

From kavka (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafka]

Proper noun

Kavka m anim (female equivalent Kavková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kavka (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kavka	Kavkové
genitive	Kavky	Kavků
dative	Kavkovi	Kavkům
accusative	Kavku	Kavky
vocative	Kavko	Kavkové
locative	Kavkovi	Kavcích
instrumental	Kavkou	Kavky

Further reading

• “Kavka”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

Slovak

Etymology

From kavka (“jackdaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkavka]

Proper noun

Kavka m pers (female equivalent Kavková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kavka (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Kavka	Kavkovia	Kavkovci
genitive	Kavku	Kavkov	Kavkovcov
dative	Kavkovi	Kavkom	Kavkovcom
accusative	Kavku	Kavkov	Kavkovcov
locative	Kavkovi	Kavkoch	Kavkovcoch
instrumental	Kavkom	Kavkami	Kavkovcami

Further reading

• “Kavka”, 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