zmijovka

English

A traditional two-tone, black-and-white zmijovka

An adder exhibiting its characteristic zig-zag scale pattern

Etymology

From Czech zmijovka.

Pronunciation

• enPR: zmēʹŏfkə, IPA^(key): /ˈzmiːɒfkə/

Noun

zmijovka (plural zmijovky)

1. A traditional Czech knitted wool cap with no bill, topped by a small pom-pom, and encircled with a cuff into which a pattern is knitted in which smaller zig-zags are predominated by a large central zig-zag, whose angularity evokes the pattern on the back of the adder (Vipera berus), from which it takes its name.

   Synonym: budajka (Slovak name)

Translations

Czech wool cap whose cuff has a zig-zag pattern like that on an adder’s back

• Czech: zmijovka (cs) f
• Russian: змиёвка (ru) f inan (zmijóvka)
• Slovak: budajka f

Further reading

• zmijovka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

From zmije (“viper, adder”) +‎ -ovka (suffix forming feminine nouns from other nouns) or zmijový (“viperine”) +‎ -ka (suffix forming feminine nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzmɪjofka]

Noun

zmijovka f

1. zmijovka (Czech wool cap whose cuff has a zig-zag pattern like that on an adder’s back)

   Synonyms: hadovka, pepíkovka

Declension

Declension of zmijovka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	zmijovka	zmijovky
genitive	zmijovky	zmijovek
dative	zmijovce	zmijovkám
accusative	zmijovku	zmijovky
vocative	zmijovko	zmijovky
locative	zmijovce	zmijovkách
instrumental	zmijovkou	zmijovkami

Descendants

• → English: zmijovka
• → Russian: → змиёвка (zmijóvka) (transliteration)

Further reading

• “zmijovka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025