čobol

See also: Cobol and COBOL

Czech

Etymology

From Slovak čo bol ("what was" or "who was"), a very frequent collocation of words significantly different from their Czech equivalents (Czech co byl). Possibly associated with a catchphrase čo bolo, to bolo, terazky som majorom ("what's past is past, I am a major now") used by the character of Slovak Major Haluška in Miroslav Švandrlík's satirical novel Černí baroni.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃobol]

Noun

čobol m anim

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) Slovak (person)
    Synonyms: (derogatory) čobolák, (neutral) Slovák

Declension
Declension of čobol (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative čobol čobolové
genitive čobola čobolů
dative čobolovi čobolům
accusative čobola čoboly
vocative čobole čobolové
locative čobolovi čobolech
instrumental čobolem čoboly
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