vankúš

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See also: vankuš, Vankuš, and Vankúš

Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Old High German wangkussīn, which is a compound of wanga (“cheek”) (cf. German Wange) and kussīn (“cushion”) (cf. German Kissen). The second part comes from Old French coissin (“cushion”) (cf. French coussin), from Medieval Latin coxinus (“cushion”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vankúš m inan (related adjective vankúšový, diminutive vankúšik)

  1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head in bed)
  2. cushion (soft material in cloth bag)

Declension

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Declension of vankúš (pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativevankúšvankúše
genitivevankúšavankúšov
dativevankúšuvankúšom
accusativevankúšvankúše
locativevankúšivankúšoch
instrumentalvankúšomvankúšmi

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “vankúš”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 649

Further reading

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  • “vankúš”, 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, 2003–2024
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