klapka

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklapka]

Noun

klapka f

1. (music) key or valve (of a wind instrument)
2. earmuff or earflap
3. blinker (for a horse)
4. clapperboard

Declension

Declension of klapka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	klapka	klapky
genitive	klapky	klapek
dative	klapce	klapkám
accusative	klapku	klapky
vocative	klapko	klapky
locative	klapce	klapkách
instrumental	klapkou	klapkami

Derived terms

• kamera, klapka, jedeme

 

Further reading

• “klapka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klapka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

klapka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklap.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apka
• Syllabification: klap‧ka

Etymology 1

From klapa +‎ -ka.

Noun

klapka f

1. diminutive of klapa
2. (regional) flyswatter (device for swatting flies)

   Synonym: packa

Declension

Declension of klapka

	singular	plural
nominative	klapka	klapki
genitive	klapki	klapek
dative	klapce	klapkom
accusative	klapkę	klapki
instrumental	klapką	klapkami
locative	klapce	klapkach
vocative	klapko	klapki

Related terms

interjection

• klap

 

noun

• klapa

 

verbs

• klapać impf
• klapnąć pf

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

klapka m inan

1. genitive singular of klapek

Further reading

• klapka in Polish dictionaries at PWN