Zorka

See also: žorkā, žorka, and зорка

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzorka]

Proper noun

Zorka f

1. a diminutive of the female given name Zora

Declension

Declension of Zorka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zorka	Zorky
genitive	Zorky	Zorek
dative	Zorce	Zorkám
accusative	Zorku	Zorky
vocative	Zorko	Zorky
locative	Zorce	Zorkách
instrumental	Zorkou	Zorkami

Further reading

• “Zorka”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈzorka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈzorka/

Proper noun

Zorka f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Zorka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Zorka	Zorcě	Zorky
genitive	Zorky	Zorkú	Zorek
dative	Zorcě	Zorkama	Zorkám
accusative	Zorku	Zorcě	Zorky
vocative	Zorko	Zorcě	Zorky
locative	Zorcě	Zorkú	Zorkách
instrumental	Zorkú	Zorkama	Zorkami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Zorka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 381