želva

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛlva/

Noun

želva f

1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
2. (colloquial) old woman (often in sexual context)

Derived terms

• želví
• želvovina
• želvovinový

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
• Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

1. sea turtle

Declension

Declension of želva

	singular	plural
nominative	želva	želve
genitive	želve	želvi
dative	želvi	želvama
accusative	želvu	želve
vocative	želvo	želve
locative	želvi	želvama
instrumental	želvom	želvama

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Slovene

Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒèːlʋa/

Noun

žẹ́lva f

1. turtle, tortoise

Inflection

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.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	žélva
gen. sing.	žélve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	žélva	žélvi	žélve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	žélve	žélv	žélv
dative (dajȃlnik)	žélvi	žélvama	žélvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	žélvo	žélvi	žélve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	žélvi	žélvah	žélvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	žélvo	žélvama	žélvami