Noun: zimorodek
Hyphenation: zi‧mo‧ro‧dek
Gender: Masculine
Singular
| Nominative | zimorodek |
| Genitive | zimorodka |
| Dative | zimorodkowi |
| Accusative | zimorodka |
| Instrumental | zimorodkiem |
| Locative | zimorodku |
| Vocative | zimorodku |
Plural
| Nominative | zimorodki |
| Genitive | zimorodków |
| Dative | zimorodkom |
| Accusative | zimorodki |
| Instrumental | zimorodkami |
| Locative | zimorodkach |
| Vocative | zimorodki |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like zimorodek
krokodylek,
sylwek,
syczek,
piecuszek,
siurek,
skorek,
giluszek,
oposulek,
podgrzybek,
bogatek,
misiaczek,
baranek,
cierniczek,
lasomroczek,
wypławek,
bułanek,
zimorodek,
ciemnolubek,
zniczek,
jasnotek, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From zima (“winter”) + -o- + rodzić (“to give birth”) + -ek, literally “born in winter”. Parallel to Russian зиморо́док (zimoródok).
2. Compare typologically Czech ledňáček, Russian леди́нник (ledínnik) (akin to Russian лёд (ljod)); Danish isfugl, Dutch ijsvogel, German Eisvogel, Hungarian jégmadár, Old English īsearn. See, however, German Eisvogel for another conjecture.
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