pľúca

See also: pluca, pluća, and płuca

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľūťè.

Noun

pľúca n pl

1. (plural only, anatomy) lungs

Descendants

• Slovak: pľúca

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “pľúca”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľūťè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʎuːt͡sa]

Noun

pľúca n pl (related adjective pľúcny, diminutive pľúcka)

1. (plural only, anatomy) lungs

Declension

Declension of pľúca

	plurale tantum
nominative	pľúca
genitive	pľúc
dative	pľúcam
accusative	pľúca
locative	pľúcach
instrumental	pľúcami

Further reading

• “pľúca”, 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, 2024