chobotnica

Slovak

Etymology

From chobot +‎ -nica. Compare Czech chobotnice, Serbo-Croatian hobotnica, and Slovene hobotnica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɔbɔtɲit͡sa]
• Hyphenation: cho‧bot‧ni‧ca

Noun

chobotnica f (genitive singular chobotnice, nominative plural chobotnice, genitive plural chobotníc, declension pattern of ulica, diminutive chobotnička)

1. octopus (mollusc)

   Synonym: osmonoh

Declension

Declension of chobotnica

	singular	plural
nominative	chobotnica	chobotnice
genitive	chobotnice	chobotníc
dative	chobotnici	chobotniciam
accusative	chobotnicu	chobotnice
locative	chobotnici	chobotniciach
instrumental	chobotnicou	chobotnicami

Derived terms

adjective

• chobotničí

 

Further reading

• “chobotnica”, 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