šakal

See also: sakal and sakál

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European?

the BMAC substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárgušder.

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás

Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá)bor.

Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/)

Classical Persian شَگَال (šagāl)

Classical Persian شَغَال (šaġāl)bor.

Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal)bor.

French chacalbor.

German Schakalbor.

Czech šakal

Borrowed from German Schakal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃakal]

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• Hyphenation: ša‧kal

Noun

šakal m anim

1. jackal

Declension

Declension of šakal (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	šakal	šakalové, šakali
genitive	šakala	šakalů
dative	šakalovi, šakalu	šakalům
accusative	šakala	šakaly
vocative	šakale	šakalové, šakali
locative	šakalovi, šakalu	šakalech
instrumental	šakalem	šakaly

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Šakal

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Doublet of čàgalj, directly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃâkal/
• Hyphenation: ša‧kal

Noun

šȁkal m anim (Cyrillic spelling ша̏кал)

1. jackal
2. (derogatory) One who benefits from the work of others; jackal, vulture.

Declension

Declension of šakal

	singular	plural
nominative	šȁkal	šakali
genitive	šȁkala	šakala
dative	šakalu	šakalima
accusative	šakala	šakale
vocative	šakale	šakali
locative	šakalu	šakalima
instrumental	šakalom	šakalima

Synonyms

• (canid): čàgalj

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European?

the BMAC substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárgušder.

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥gālás

Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgālá)bor.

Middle Persian 𐬱𐬖𐬀𐬮 (šγal /⁠šaγāl⁠/)

Classical Persian شَگَال (šagāl)

Classical Persian شَغَال (šaġāl)bor.

Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal)bor.

French chacalbor.

German Schakalbor.

Slovak šakal

Borrowed from German Schakal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃakal/, [ˈʃakal]
• Rhymes: -akal
• Hyphenation: ša‧kal

Noun

šakal m animal (relational adjective šakalí)

1. jackal

Declension

Declension of šakal
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	šakal	šakaly
genitive	šakala	šakalov
dative	šakalovi	šakalom
accusative	šakala	šakaly
locative	šakalovi	šakaloch
instrumental	šakalom	šakalmi

Noun

šakal m pers

1. (derogatory) jackal (person)

Declension

Declension of šakal
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	šakal	šakali
genitive	šakala	šakalov
dative	šakalovi	šakalom
accusative	šakala	šakalov
locative	šakalovi	šakaloch
instrumental	šakalom	šakalmi

Further reading

• “šakal”, 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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakal), from Persian شغال (šaġâl), from Sanskrit सृगाल (sṛgāla, “jackal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃakáːl/

Noun

šakȃl m anim

1. jackal

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	šakál
gen. sing.	šakála
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	šakál	šakála	šakáli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	šakála	šakálov	šakálov
dative (dajȃlnik)	šakálu	šakáloma	šakálom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	šakála	šakála	šakále
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	šakálu	šakálih	šakálih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	šakálom	šakáloma	šakáli

Further reading

• “šakal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026