pavúk

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpavuːk]

Noun

pavúk m anim (genitive singular pavúka, nominative plural pavúky, genitive plural pavúkov)

1. spider

Declension

Declension of pavúk

	singular	plural
nominative	pavúk	pavúky
genitive	pavúka	pavúkov
dative	pavúkovi	pavúkom
accusative	pavúka	pavúky
locative	pavúkovi	pavúkoch
instrumental	pavúkom	pavúkmi

Derived terms

• pavúčí

Further reading

• “pavúk”, 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