ptakopysk – Czech noun declension

Czech noun forms of ptakopysk

Noun: ptakopysk
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine

Singular

Nominativeptakopysk
Genitiveptakopyska
Dativeptakopyskovi; ptakopysku
Accusativeptakopyska
Vocativeptakopysku
Locativeptakopyskovi; ptakopysku
Instrumentalptakopyskem

Plural

Nominativeptakopysci; ptakopyskové
Genitiveptakopysků
Dativeptakopyskům
Accusativeptakopysky
Vocativeptakopysci; ptakopyskové
Locativeptakopyscích
Instrumentalptakopysky

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From pták (“bird”) + -o- + pysk (“lip”). Calque of taxonomic name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”); Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849).

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