potravina

Czech

Etymology

From potrava +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotravɪna]

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• Hyphenation: po‧tra‧vi‧na

Noun

potravina f (related adjective potravinový)

1. piece of food
2. foodstuff

Usage notes

The word is used more frequently in its plural form.

Declension

Declension of potravina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	potravina	potraviny
genitive	potraviny	potravin
dative	potravině	potravinám
accusative	potravinu	potraviny
vocative	potravino	potraviny
locative	potravině	potravinách
instrumental	potravinou	potravinami

Derived terms

• potravinář

 

Related terms

• potrava

 

Further reading

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔtravina]

Noun

potravina f

1. a piece of food
2. (in the plural) food, foodstuff

Declension

Declension of potravina

	singular	plural
nominative	potravina	potraviny
genitive	potraviny	potravín
dative	potravine	potravinám
accusative	potravinu	potraviny
locative	potravine	potravinách
instrumental	potravinou	potravinami

Derived terms

• potravinový

Further reading

• “potravina”, 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