hovädo

See also: hovado

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *govędo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷew-n̥d- < *gʷṓws. Compare говядо.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔvɛdɔ/, /ˈɦɔvædɔ/

Noun

hovädo n (genitive singular hoväda, nominative plural hovädá, genitive plural hoviad, declension pattern of mesto)

1. cattle
2. brute
3. ignorant or stupid person

Declension

Declension of hovädo

	singular	plural
nominative	hovädo	hovädá
genitive	hoväda	hoviad
dative	hovädu	hovädám
accusative	hovädo	hovädá
locative	hoväde	hovädách
instrumental	hovädom	hovädy

Derived terms

• hovädzí
• hoviadko n

References

• “hovädo”, 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