kavka

See also: Kavka

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic, representing the bird’s voice. Cognate with Polish kawka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkafka]
• Homophone: Kafka

Noun

kavka f (relational adjective kavčí)

1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kavka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kavka	kavky
genitive	kavky	kavek
dative	kavce	kavkám
accusative	kavku	kavky
vocative	kavko	kavky
locative	kavce	kavkách
instrumental	kavkou	kavkami

Derived terms

• kavče
• kavčí
• kavkovití

Descendants

• Czech: Kafka

Further reading

• “kavka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kavka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kavka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “kavka”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kavka/, [ˈkau̯ka]
• Rhymes: -avka
• Hyphenation: kav‧ka

Noun

kavka f (relational adjective kavčí)

1. jackdaw (bird) (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kavka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	kavka	kavky
genitive	kavky	kaviek
dative	kavke	kavkám
accusative	kavku	kavky
locative	kavke	kavkách
instrumental	kavkou	kavkami

Further reading

• “kavka”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, ultimately imitative. Outside of Slavic it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káːʋka/

Noun

kȃvka f

1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

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.	kávka
gen. sing.	kávke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kávka	kávki	kávke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kávke	kávk	kávk
dative (dajȃlnik)	kávki	kávkama	kávkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kávko	kávki	kávke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kávki	kávkah	kávkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kávko	kávkama	kávkami

Further reading

• “kavka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kavka”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references