odmena

Slovak

Etymology

Deverbal from odmeniť (to reward).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔdmena/, [ˈɔdmena]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: od‧me‧na

Noun

odmena f (relational adjective odmenový)

  1. reward, award, recompense (material or symbolic appreciation for a meritorious activity, service, or effort)
    Synonyms: ocenenie, odplata
    Víťaz literárnej súťaže získa hodnotnú vecnú odmenu.The winner of the literary competition will receive a valuable material award.
  2. (usually in the plural, economics) bonuses, premiums (supplementary financial sum provided to an employee for increased performance, quality, or savings)
    Synonym: prémie
    Členovia správnej rady si vyplatili vysoké osobné odmeny.Members of the board of directors paid themselves high personal bonuses.

Declension

Declension of odmena
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeodmenaodmeny
genitiveodmenyodmien
dativeodmeneodmenám
accusativeodmenuodmeny
locativeodmeneodmenách
instrumentalodmenouodmenami

Further reading

  • odmena”, 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