želva

See also: zelva

Czech

Etymology

Inherited 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 (related adjective želví)

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

Declension
Declension of želva (hard feminine)
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

Inherited 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
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. žélva
gen. sing. žélve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 žélva žélvi žélve
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 žélve žélv žélv
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 žélvi žélvama žélvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 žélvo žélvi žélve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 žélvi žélvah žélvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 žélvo žélvama žélvami

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