uhorka

See also: Uhorka

Slovak

Alternative forms

• uhorok, uharka, uherka, ugorka (dialectal)

Etymology

Akin to Old Czech oharek (since c. 1410), Czech okurka, Old Polish ogurek (since 1394), Polish ogórek, all from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) or a related form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɦɔrka/

Noun

uhorka f (genitive singular uhorky, nominative plural uhorky, genitive plural uhoriek, declension pattern of žena)

1. cucumber
2. pickle

Declension

Declension of uhorka

	singular	plural
nominative	uhorka	uhorky
genitive	uhorky	uhoriek
dative	uhorke	uhorkám
accusative	uhorku	uhorky
locative	uhorke	uhorkách
instrumental	uhorkou	uhorkami

Derived terms

• uhorkový
• uhorčička

Further reading

• “uhorka”, 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