želva

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛlva]

Noun

želva f

  1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
  2. (colloquial) old woman; prune (often in sexual context)

Declension
Declension of želva
singular plural
nominative želva želvy
genitive želvy želv
dative želvě želvám
accusative želvu želvy
vocative želvo želvy
locative želvě želvách
instrumental želvou želvami

Derived terms

Further reading
  • želva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • želva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian
Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
  • Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

  1. sea turtle

Declension
Declension of želva
singular plural
nominative želva želve
genitive želve želvi
dative želvi želvama
accusative želvu želve
vocative želvo želve
locative želvi želvama
instrumental želvom želvama

Slovene
Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒèːlʋa/

Noun

žẹ́lva f

  1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žélva
gen. sing. žélve
singular dual plural
nominative žélva žélvi žélve
accusative žélvo žélvi žélve
genitive žélve žélv žélv
dative žélvi žélvama žélvam
locative žélvi žélvah žélvah
instrumental žélvo žélvama žélvami

Further reading
  • “želva”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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