Kréta
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkrɛːta]
- Hyphenation: Kré‧ta
Proper noun
Kréta f (relational adjective krétský, demonym Kréťan, female demonym Kréťanka)
- Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension
Declension of Kréta (sg-only hard feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kréta |
| genitive | Kréty |
| dative | Krétě |
| accusative | Krétu |
| vocative | Kréto |
| locative | Krétě |
| instrumental | Krétou |
Further reading
- “Kréta”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Kréta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Kréta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kreːta/, [ˈkreːta]
- Rhymes: -eːta
- Hyphenation: Kré‧ta
Proper noun
Kréta f (relational adjective krétsky, demonym Kréťan, female demonym Kréťanka)
- Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea)
Declension
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kréta |
| genitive | Kréty |
| dative | Kréte |
| accusative | Krétu |
| locative | Kréte |
| instrumental | Krétou |
Further reading
- “Kréta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026