krieda

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin creta. First attested in the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɪ̯eda/, [ˈkrɪ̯eda]
  • Rhymes: -ɪ̯eda
  • Hyphenation: krie‧da

Noun

krieda f (relational adjective kriedový)

  1. chalk (a soft, fine-grained white limestone)
    krajčírska kriedatalc
  2. chalk (a stick of chalk used for writing or drawing)
    písať kriedou na tabuľuto write on the board with chalk
  3. (geology) Cretaceous (the youngest period of the Mesozoic era)

Declension

Declension of krieda
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativekriedakriedy
genitivekriedykried
dativekriedekriedam
accusativekriedukriedy
locativekriedekriedach
instrumentalkriedoukriedami

Derived terms

  • biely ako krieda
  • bledý ako krieda
  • krajčírska krieda
  • kriedovobiely
  • spodná krieda
  • stredná krieda
  • vrchná krieda
  • zapísať niečo čiernou kriedou do komína

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “krieda”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 301

Further reading

  • krieda”, 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