fenka

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛŋka]
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋka
  • Hyphenation: fen‧ka

Etymology 1

From fena +‎ -ka. Probably from Medieval Latin fenna, from Latin fēmina (“woman”).[1]

Noun

fenka f

  1. Diminutive of fena (bitch, female dog)
    • 2013, Jana Holá, transl., Oběť Molochovi‎, Host, translation of Till offer åt Molok by Åsa Larsson, →ISBN, page 20:
      Možná snil také o fenkách z okolí, o tom, jak mu odpovídají na všechny milostné dopisy, které jim přes den vyčurával na každičké stéblo trávy.
      He might have also dreamt about bitches from the neighbourhood, how they answer him all his love letters that he weed on every single straw of grass during the day.
Declension
Declension of fenka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative fenka fenky
genitive fenky fenek
dative fence fenkám
accusative fenku fenky
vocative fenko fenky
locative fence fenkách
instrumental fenkou fenkami

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fenka m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of fenek

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

Further reading
  • fenka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fenka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Maltese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛn.ka/

Noun

fenka f (plural fniek)

  1. female equivalent of fenek: female rabbit

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛŋ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋka
  • Syllabification: fen‧ka

Noun

fenka m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of fenek
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