dovolenka

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak dovolenka (“holiday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdovolɛŋka]

Noun

dovolenka f

1. (informal) holiday
2. furlough (leave of absence in the army)

Declension

Declension of dovolenka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	dovolenka	dovolenky
genitive	dovolenky	dovolenek
dative	dovolence	dovolenkám
accusative	dovolenku	dovolenky
vocative	dovolenko	dovolenky
locative	dovolence	dovolenkách
instrumental	dovolenkou	dovolenkami

Related terms

• dovolená

 

Further reading

• “dovolenka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “dovolenka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “dovolenka” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔvɔʎenka]

Noun

dovolenka f (related adjective dovolenkový)

1. holiday

   Synonym: prázdniny

2. furlough (leave of absence in the army)

Declension

Declension of dovolenka (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	dovolenka	dovolenky
genitive	dovolenky	dovoleniek
dative	dovolenke	dovolenkám
accusative	dovolenku	dovolenky
locative	dovolenke	dovolenkách
instrumental	dovolenkou	dovolenkami

Further reading

• “dovolenka”, 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