grécky

Slovak

Etymology

From Grék +‎ -cky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡreːt͡ski/, [ˈɡreːt͡ski]
  • Rhymes: -eːt͡ski
  • Hyphenation: gréc‧ky

Adjective

grécky (not comparable)

  1. Greek (relating to modern Greece, its people, or culture)
    Synonym: helénsky
    Máme radi grécku kuchyňu a ostrovy.We love Greek cuisine and islands.
  2. Greek (relating to ancient Greece, its history, or philosophy)
    Synonyms: antický, starogrécky, helénsky
    Čítali sme diela starovekých gréckych filozofov.We read the works of ancient Greek philosophers.
  3. Greek (relating to the Greek language, alphabet, or script)
    Sú to slová gréckeho pôvodu.These are words of Greek origin.

Declension

Declension of grécky (hard-short)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative grécky grécka grécke
genitive gréckeho gréckej gréckeho
dative gréckemu gréckej gréckemu
accusative gréckeho grécky grécku grécke
locative gréckom gréckej gréckom
instrumental gréckym gréckou gréckym
plural
masculine feminine/neuter
animate inanimate
nominative grécki grécke
genitive gréckych
dative gréckym
accusative gréckych grécke
locative gréckych
instrumental gréckymi

Derived terms

  • celogrécky
  • novogrécky
  • predgrécky
  • severogrécky
  • starogrécky

Adverb

grécky (not comparable)

  1. Greek (in a way typical of Greeks or Greek culture)
    To meno mi znie tak grécky.That name sounds so Greek to me.
  2. Greek (in the Greek language, often used with the preposition po)
    Učíme sa hovoriť po grécky.We are learning to speak Greek.

Further reading

  • grécky”, 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