hrebeň

See also: hřeben

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *greby. Cognate with Czech hřeben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦrebeɲ/, [ˈɦrebeɲ]
• Rhymes: -ebeɲ

Noun

hrebeň m inan (relational adjective hrebeňový, diminutive hrebienok or hrebenček, augmentative hrebenisko)

1. ridge
2. comb (implement for combing hair)
3. comb (fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds)

Declension

Declension of hrebeň
(pattern stroj)

	singular	plural
nominative	hrebeň	hrebene
genitive	hrebeňa	hrebeňov
dative	hrebeňu	hrebeňom
accusative	hrebeň	hrebene
locative	hrebeni	hrebeňoch
instrumental	hrebeňom	hrebeňmi

Further reading

• “hrebeň”, 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