pijavka

Czech

Alternative forms

• pijavice

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪjafka]
• Hyphenation: pi‧jav‧ka
• Rhymes: -afka

Noun

pijavka f

1. leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid)

   Synonym: pijavice

2. leech (a person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion)

   Synonym: pijavice

Declension

Declension of pijavka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pijavka	pijavky
genitive	pijavky	pijavek
dative	pijavce	pijavkám
accusative	pijavku	pijavky
vocative	pijavko	pijavky
locative	pijavce	pijavkách
instrumental	pijavkou	pijavkami

Further reading

• “pijavka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pijavka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pijavka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьjavъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pijáːʋka/

Noun

pijȃvka f

1. leech

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.	pijávka
gen. sing.	pijávke
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pijávka	pijávki	pijávke
genitive (rodȋlnik)	pijávke	pijávk	pijávk
dative (dajȃlnik)	pijávki	pijávkama	pijávkam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pijávko	pijávki	pijávke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pijávki	pijávkah	pijávkah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pijávko	pijávkama	pijávkami

Further reading

• “pijavka”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026