fenek

See also: fenék

Czech

fenek (Vulpes zerda)

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛnɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
  • Hyphenation: fe‧nek

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).[1]

Noun

fenek m anim

  1. fennec (Vulpes zerda) [19th c.]
    Synonym: fenek berberský
    • 1982, Filip Jánský, Pevnost v poušti, Praha: Mladá fronta, page 97:
      Poblíž se kašlavě ozval probouzející se fenek, vychytralá lištička, a zase bylo ticho a klid, až náhle za vrstevnicí se začal pomalu vynořovat malý zástup jezdců na velbloudech.
      Coughing sounds of a waking fennec, cunnig little fox, were heard nearby, and then there was quiet and peace again, until suddenly a small swarm of riders on camels started slowly appearing from behind the horizon.
Declension
Hypernyms
  • (species): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; šelmy – order; psovité – family; liška – genus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fenek

  1. genitive singular of fenka
    • 1984, Emma Jarošová, Dům u dvou skotíků, Zürich: Konfrontace, →ISBN, page 33:
      […] několik fenek právě kojilo svá štěňata […]
      […] several bitches were just milking their puppies […]

References

  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “fenek”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 185

Further reading

  • fenek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fenek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

fen + -ek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛnɛk]
  • Hyphenation: fe‧nek

Verb

fenek

  1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of fen

Maltese

FWOTD – 8 February 2016

Etymology

From Arabic فَنَك (fanak, fennec fox).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.nɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛk

Noun

fenek m (plural fniek, paucal fenkiet, feminine fenka)

  1. rabbit
    • 2014 November 16, “Toqtol fenek quddiem klassi sħiħa”, in NETnews.com.mt, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:
      Għalliema fl-istat Amerikan ta’ Idaho qed taffaċja l-possibilta’ ta’ azzjoni dixxiplinarja wara li qatlet fenek fil-klassi quddiem l-istudenti sekondarji.
      A teacher in the American state of Idaho is facing the possibility of disciplinary action after she killed a rabbit in class in front of high school students.

Derived terms

  • fenkata

See also

Polish

fenek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.nɛk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
  • Syllabification: fe‧nek

Noun

fenek m animal

  1. fennec (Vulpes zerda)

Declension

Further reading

  • fenek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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