hroch

Czech

Etymology

Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl, possibly based on roch (“war elephant figure in chess”) or on onomatopoeic hrochati (“to bang, to oink”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦrox]

Noun

hroch m anim

  1. hippopotamus

Declension
Declension of hroch (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative hroch hroši
genitive hrocha hrochů
dative hrochovi, hrochu hrochům
accusative hrocha hrochy
vocative hrochu hroši
locative hrochovi, hrochu hroších
instrumental hrochem hrochy

Derived terms

References
  1. "hroch" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • hroch in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hroch in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • hroch in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech hroch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɦrɔx]

Noun

hroch m anim (declension pattern of dub)

  1. hippopotamus

Declension
Declension of hroch
singular plural
nominative hroch hrochy
genitive hrocha hrochov
dative hrochovi hrochom
accusative hrocha hrochy
locative hrochovi hrochoch
instrumental hrochom hrochmi

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “hroch”, 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, 2024
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