prístavok
Slovak
Etymology
From pristav(iť) + -ok.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priːstavɔk/, [ˈpriːstaʋɔk]
- Rhymes: -avɔk
- Hyphenation: prís‧ta‧vok
Noun
prístavok m inan (relational adjective prístavkový)
- annex, outbuilding, extension (a part of a house or farm building that was built additionally or later)
- Synonym: prístavba
- V prístavku pri hlavnom dome sme si zriadili letnú kuchyňu. ― In the annex by the main house, we set up a summer kitchen.
- jump seat, folding seat, auxiliary seat (a spare, usually fold-down seat in a cinema, bus, or train)
- Keďže boli všetky miesta v sále vypredané, musel som sa uspokojiť s prístavkom v uličke. ― Since all the seats in the hall were sold out, I had to settle for a jump seat in the aisle.
- (grammar) apposition (a loosely attached matching attribute expressed by a noun, providing additional information)
- Synonym: apozícia
- Vo vete „M. R. Štefánik, slovenský astronóm a politik, zahynul pri havárii lietadla,“ je časť v čiarkach prístavok. ― In the sentence "M. R. Štefánik, a Slovak astronomer and politician, died in a plane crash," the part between commas is an apposition.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prístavok | prístavky |
| genitive | prístavku | prístavkov |
| dative | prístavku | prístavkom |
| accusative | prístavok | prístavky |
| locative | prístavku | prístavkoch |
| instrumental | prístavkom | prístavkami |
Noun
prístavok m pers (dialectal)
- uxorilocal husband, live-in husband (a man who marries into his bride's family home or to a widow's estate)
- Synonym: prístupník
- Po svadbe sa mladý muž nasťahoval k neveste a jej rodičom ako prístavok. ― After the wedding, the young man moved in with the bride and her parents as a live-in husband.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | prístavok | prístavkovia |
| genitive | prístavka | prístavkov |
| dative | prístavkovi | prístavkom |
| accusative | prístavka | prístavkov |
| locative | prístavkovi | prístavkoch |
| instrumental | prístavkom | prístavkami |
Further reading
- “prístavok”, 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