sponka

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Czech s-

Czech pnouti

Czech sepnoutdeverb.

Czech spona

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Czech -ka

Czech sponka

From spona + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspoŋka]

Noun

sponka f (diminutive sponečka)

1. diminutive of spona
2. clip, clasp, fastener

Declension

Declension of sponka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	sponka	sponky
genitive	sponky	sponek
dative	sponce	sponkám
accusative	sponku	sponky
vocative	sponko	sponky
locative	sponce	sponkách
instrumental	sponkou	sponkami

Further reading

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