kúkoľ
Slovak
Alternative forms
- kankoľ (dialectal)
- konkoľ (dialectal)
- kúkoľka f (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫkoľь or *kǫkolь which is derived from *kǫkolъ (*konkol-) which is suggested variation of *kolkolъ. Compare Russian колокол (kólokol).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuːkɔʎ/, (high register) [ˈkuːkɔʎ], (common) [ˈkuːkɔl]
- Rhymes: -uːkɔʎ
- Hyphenation: kú‧koľ
Noun
kúkoľ m inan (relational adjective kúkoľový)
- corncockle (plant of the genus Agrostemma)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kúkoľ | kúkole |
| genitive | kúkoľa | kúkoľov |
| dative | kúkoľu | kúkoľom |
| accusative | kúkoľ | kúkole |
| locative | kúkoli | kúkoľoch |
| instrumental | kúkoľom | kúkoľmi |
Derived terms
- kúkoľnica f, kúkoľník m
- kúkoľavý (“full of corncockles”)
- siať kúkoľ medzi pšenicu
Further reading
- “kúkoľ”, 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
- Králik, Ľubor (2016), “kúkoľ”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 306