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želva

želva

Czech

Noun

želva f

  1. turtle, tortoise, terrapin
  2. (colloquial) old woman (often in sexual context)

Declension

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Slovene žélva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒêːlʋaː/
  • Hyphenation: žel‧va

Noun

žȇlvā f (Cyrillic spelling же̑лва̄)

  1. sea turtle

Declension


Slovene

Želva

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *žьlvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian žołwja, Lower Sorbian žołw, Polish żółw, Czech želva and Serbo-Croatian žȇlvā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒèːlʋa/
  • Tonal orthography: žẹ́lva

Noun

žélva f (genitive žélve, nominative plural žélve)

  1. turtle, tortoise

Declension