fenek

See also: fenék

Czech

fenek (Vulpes zerda)

Wikispecies

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
• Hyphenation: fe‧nek

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

Noun

fenek m anim

1. fennec (Vulpes zerda) [19th c.]

   Synonym: fenek berberský

   • 1982, Filip Jánský, Pevnost v poušti‎^[1], Praha: Mladá fronta, page 97:

     Poblíž se kašlavě ozval probouzející se fenek, vychytralá lištička, a zase bylo ticho a klid, až náhle za vrstevnicí se začal pomalu vynořovat malý zástup jezdců na velbloudech.

     Coughing sounds of a waking fennec, cunnig little fox, were heard nearby, and then there was quiet and peace again, until suddenly a small swarm of riders on camels started slowly appearing from behind the horizon.

Declension

Declension of fenek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	fenek	fenci, fenkové
genitive	fenka	fenků
dative	fenkovi, fenku	fenkům
accusative	fenka	fenky
vocative	fenku	fenci, fenkové
locative	fenkovi, fenku	fencích
instrumental	fenkem	fenky

Hypernyms

• (species): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtyřnožci – superclassis; savci – class; šelmy – order; psovité – family; liška – genus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fenek

1. genitive singular of fenka
   • 1984, Emma Jarošová, Dům u dvou skotíků‎^[2], Zürich: Konfrontace, →ISBN, page 33:

     […] několik fenek právě kojilo svá štěňata […]

     […] several bitches were just milking their puppies […]

Further reading

• “fenek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fenek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

fen +‎ -ek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnɛk]
• Hyphenation: fe‧nek

Verb

fenek

1. first-person singular indicative present indefinite of fen

Maltese

FWOTD – 8 February 2016

Etymology

From Arabic فَنَك (fanak, “fennec fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.nɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛnɛk

Noun

fenek m (plural fniek, paucal fenkiet, feminine fenka)

1. rabbit
   • 2014 November 16, “Toqtol fenek quddiem klassi sħiħa”, in NETnews.com.mt‎^[3], archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

     Għalliema fl-istat Amerikan ta’ Idaho qed taffaċja l-possibilta’ ta’ azzjoni dixxiplinarja wara li qatlet fenek fil-klassi quddiem l-istudenti sekondarji.

     A teacher in the American state of Idaho is facing the possibility of disciplinary action after she killed a rabbit in class in front of high school students.

Derived terms

• fenkata

 

See also

• liebru

Polish

fenek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.nɛk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnɛk
• Syllabification: fe‧nek

Noun

fenek m animal

1. fennec (Vulpes zerda)

Declension

Declension of fenek

	singular	plural
nominative	fenek	fenki
genitive	fenka	fenków
dative	fenkowi	fenkom
accusative	fenka	fenki
instrumental	fenkiem	fenkami
locative	fenku	fenkach
vocative	fenku	fenki

Further reading

• fenek in Polish dictionaries at PWN