hríb

See also: hrib, Hríb, Hřib, and hřib

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gribъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦriːp/, [ˈɦriːp]
• Rhymes: -iːp

Noun

hríb m inan (relational adjective hríbový, diminutive hríbik or hríbček, augmentative hríbisko)

1. fungus belonging to the family Boletaceae, especially to the genus Boletus
2. (colloquial) edible mushroom in general
3. anything resembling the shape of a mushroom, e.g. darning mushroom, mushroom cloud

Declension

Declension of hríb
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	hríb	hríby
genitive	hríba	hríbov
dative	hríbu	hríbom
accusative	hríb	hríby
locative	hríbe	hríboch
instrumental	hríbom	hríbmi, hríbami

Derived terms

• atómový hríb
• hríb na štopkanie
• Hríb, Hríbová
• hríbar ~ hríbár, hríbarka ~ hríbárka, hríbarský ~ hríbársky, hríbarstvo ~ hríbárstvo
• hríbikový, hríbovitý, hríbovito
• hríbnik, hríbovec, hríbovník
• hríbovité
• starý hríb (“elderly person who behaves like a young man”, ironic)
• suchohríb, tmavohríb, zlatohríb

Further reading

• “hríb”, 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