lišiacky
Slovak
Etymology
From lišiak + -cky.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʎiʃɪ̯at͡ski/, (high register) [ˈʎiʃɪ̯at͡ski], (common) [ˈliʃɪ̯at͡ski]
- Rhymes: -ɪ̯at͡ski
- Hyphenation: li‧šiac‧ky
Adjective
lišiacky (comparative lišiackejší, superlative najlišiackejší)
- foxy, cunning, sly (characterized by trickery, cleverness, or artfulness in achieving goals; typical of a fox)
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | lišiacky | lišiacka | lišiacke | |
| genitive | lišiackeho | lišiackej | lišiackeho | |
| dative | lišiackemu | lišiackej | lišiackemu | |
| accusative | lišiackeho | lišiacky | lišiacku | lišiacke |
| locative | lišiackom | lišiackej | lišiackom | |
| instrumental | lišiackym | lišiackou | lišiackym | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine/neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | lišiacki | lišiacke | ||
| genitive | lišiackych | |||
| dative | lišiackym | |||
| accusative | lišiackych | lišiacke | ||
| locative | lišiackych | |||
| instrumental | lišiackymi | |||
Related terms
Adverb
lišiacky (comparative lišiackejšie, superlative najlišiackejšie)
- foxily, cunningly, slyly (in a crafty, artful, or typically foxy manner)
- Synonyms: prefíkane, prešibane, ľstivo, úskočne
- Lišiacky na mňa žmurkol a usmial sa. ― He winked at me slyly and smiled.
Further reading
- “lišiacky”, 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