cievka

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sek-?

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.

Proto-Slavic *cěva

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Proto-Slavic *cěvъka

Old Czech cievka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka. By surface analysis, cieva +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈt͡si̯ɛːʋka/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈt͡siːfka/

Noun

cievka f

diminutive of ciev

Declension

Declension of cievka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cievka	cievcě	cievky
genitive	cievky	cievkú	cievek
dative	cievcě	cievkama	cievkám
accusative	cievku	cievcě	cievky
vocative	cievko	cievcě	cievky
locative	cievcě	cievkú	cievkách
instrumental	cievkú	cievkama	cievkami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “cievka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěvъka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sɪ̯evka/, [ˈt͡sɪ̯eu̯ka]
Rhymes: -ɪ̯evka
Hyphenation: ciev‧ka

Noun

cievka f (relational adjective cievkový, diminutive cievočka)

diminutive of cieva
spool
(electronics) inductor
(medicine) catheter
Synonym: katéter

Declension

Declension of *cievka*
(pattern *žena*)
	singular	plural
nominative	cievka	cievky
genitive	cievky	cievok
dative	cievke	cievkam
accusative	cievku	cievky
locative	cievke	cievkach
instrumental	cievkou	cievkami

Further reading

“cievka”, 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