fenka

Czech

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

Etymology 1

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 (trans.), 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
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

Noun

fenka

  1. genitive singular of fenek
  2. accusative singular of fenek

References
  1. "fena" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 185.

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

Maltese

Noun

fenka f (plural fniek)

  1. (female) rabbit
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