jezinka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jězě, from Proto-Slavic *ęga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛzɪŋka]
• Rhymes: -ɪŋka

Noun

jezinka f

1. evil female forest fairy

Declension

Declension of jezinka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	jezinka	jezinky
genitive	jezinky	jezinek
dative	jezince	jezinkám
accusative	jezinku	jezinky
vocative	jezinko	jezinky
locative	jezince	jezinkách
instrumental	jezinkou	jezinkami

Further reading

• “jezinka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jezinka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989