botanika

See also: botānika, botānikā, and botāniķa

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbotanɪka]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botanika f (related adjective botanický)

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

   Synonyms: rostlinopis, fytologie

Declension

Declension of botanika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	botanika	botaniky
genitive	botaniky	botanik
dative	botanice	botanikám
accusative	botaniku	botaniky
vocative	botaniko	botaniky
locative	botanice	botanikách
instrumental	botanikou	botanikami

Derived terms

• botanicky

 

Further reading

• botanika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• botanika in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From scientific Latin botanica (scientia), from Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbotɒnikɒ]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Noun

botanika

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

   Synonym: növénytan

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	botanika	botanikák
accusative	botanikát	botanikákat
dative	botanikának	botanikáknak
instrumental	botanikával	botanikákkal
causal-final	botanikáért	botanikákért
translative	botanikává	botanikákká
terminative	botanikáig	botanikákig
essive-formal	botanikaként	botanikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	botanikában	botanikákban
superessive	botanikán	botanikákon
adessive	botanikánál	botanikáknál
illative	botanikába	botanikákba
sublative	botanikára	botanikákra
allative	botanikához	botanikákhoz
elative	botanikából	botanikákból
delative	botanikáról	botanikákról
ablative	botanikától	botanikáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	botanikáé	botanikáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	botanikáéi	botanikákéi

Possessive forms of botanika
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	botanikám	botanikáim
2nd person sing.	botanikád	botanikáid
3rd person sing.	botanikája	botanikái
1st person plural	botanikánk	botanikáink
2nd person plural	botanikátok	botanikáitok
3rd person plural	botanikájuk	botanikáik

Further reading

• botanika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• botanika in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Lithuanian

Noun

botãnika f (plural botãnikos) stress pattern 1

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botãnika

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	botãnika	botãnikos
genitive (kilmininkas)	botãnikos	botãnikų
dative (naudininkas)	botãnikai	botãnikoms
accusative (galininkas)	botãniką	botãnikas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	botãnika	botãnikomis
locative (vietininkas)	botãnikoje	botãnikose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	botãnika	botãnikos

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /bɔˈta.ɲi.ka/
• IPA^(key): (colloquial; common in casual speech) /bɔ.taˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botanika f

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botanika

	singular
nominative	botanika
genitive	botaniki
dative	botanice
accusative	botanikę
instrumental	botaniką
locative	botanice
vocative	botaniko

Derived terms

adjective

• botaniczny

 

nouns

• astrobotanika
• botanik

 

Further reading

• botanika in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• botanika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botǎnika/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botànika f (Cyrillic spelling бота̀ника)

1. botany (scientific study of plants, a branch of biology)

Declension

Declension of botanika

	singular
nominative	botanika
genitive	botanike
dative	botanici
accusative	botaniku
vocative	botaniko
locative	botanici
instrumental	botanikom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔtanika/

Noun

botanika f (genitive singular botaniky, declension pattern of ulica)

1. botany (scientific study of plants)

Declension

Declension of botanika

	singular	plural
nominative	botanika	botaniky
genitive	botaniky	botaník
dative	botanike	botanikám
accusative	botaniku	botaniky
locative	botanike	botanikách
instrumental	botanikou	botanikami

Related terms

• botanicky
• botanický
• botanik
• botanička

 

Further reading

• “botanika”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish botánica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˌtaniˈka/, [boˌta.nɪˈxa]
• Hyphenation: bo‧ta‧ni‧ka

Noun

botániká (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜈᜒᜃ)

1. (sciences) botany

   Synonyms: dalubhalamanan, aghalaman