Ripka

English

Etymology

• As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba.
• As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish.
• As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.

Proper noun

Ripka (plural Ripkas)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ripka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈripka]

Proper noun

Ripka m pers (female equivalent Ripková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Ripka (pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Ripka	Ripkovia	Ripkovci
genitive	Ripku	Ripkov	Ripkovcov
dative	Ripkovi	Ripkom	Ripkovcom
accusative	Ripku	Ripkov	Ripkovcov
locative	Ripkovi	Ripkoch	Ripkovcoch
instrumental	Ripkom	Ripkami	Ripkovcami

Further reading

• “Ripka”, 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, 2003–2024