agáve

See also: agave, Agave, and agavé

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ, “Agave”), from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”). First attested in the 20th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡaːvɛ]

Noun

agáve f or n

  1. agave

Declension

when feminine:

Declension of agáve (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative agáve agáve
genitive agáve agáví
dative agávi agávím
accusative agávi agáve
vocative agáve agáve
locative agávi agávích
instrumental agáví agávemi

when neuter:

Declension of agáve (mostly indeclinable neuter)
singular plural
nominative agáve agáve
genitive agáve agáve
dative agáve agáve
accusative agáve agáve
vocative agáve agáve
locative agáve agáve
instrumental agáve, agávem agáve

Can also be indeclinable when feminine.

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “agáve”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 48

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