Vianoce
Slovak
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Etymology
[edit]Partial calque of German Weihnachten (“Christmas”) by phonetisation of the first part of the word and translating the second part of the word, Nacht (“night”) to noc (“night”), like in Czech Vánoce.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Vianoce f pl (plural only)
Declension
[edit]| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Vianoce |
| genitive | Vianoc |
| dative | Vianociam |
| accusative | Vianoce |
| locative | Vianociach |
| instrumental | Vianocami |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- veselé Vianoce (“Merry Christmas”)
References
[edit]- ^ Jiří Rejzek. Český etymologický slovník. Leda, 2001.
Further reading
[edit]- “Vianoce”, 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