zvuk

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zvuk, from Proto-Slavic *zvǫkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzvuk]

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• Hyphenation: zvuk

Noun

zvuk m inan

1. sound

Declension

Declension of zvuk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	zvuk	zvuky
genitive	zvuku	zvuků
dative	zvuku	zvukům
accusative	zvuk	zvuky
vocative	zvuku	zvuky
locative	zvuku	zvucích
instrumental	zvukem	zvuky

Related terms

adjectives

• zvučný
• zvukový

 

nouns

• ozvučení
• přízvuk
• ultrazvuk
• zvukař

 

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvǫkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈzʋuk/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈzvuk/

Noun

zvuk m inan

1. sound

Declension

Declension of zvuk (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	zvuk	zvuky	zvuci, zvukové
genitive	zvuka, zvuku	zvukú	zvukóv
dative	zvuku	zvukoma	zvukóm
accusative	zvuk	zvuky	zvuky
vocative	zvuče	zvuky	zvuci, zvukové
locative	zvucě, zvuku	zvukú	zvuciech
instrumental	zvukem	zvukoma	zvuky

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: zvuk

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “zvuk”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvǫkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋûːk/

Noun

zvȗk m (Cyrillic spelling зву̑к)

1. sound

Declension

Declension of zvuk

	singular	plural
nominative	zvȗk	zvȗci / zvȕkovi
genitive	zvuka	zvuka / zvukova
dative	zvuku	zvucima / zvukovima
accusative	zvuk	zvuke / zvukove
vocative	zvuče	zvuci / zvukovi
locative	zvuku	zvucima / zvukovima
instrumental	zvukom	zvucima / zvukovima

Further reading

• “zvuk”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zvǫkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zvuk]

Noun

zvuk m inan (genitive singular zvuku, nominative plural zvuky, genitive plural zvukov, declension pattern of dub)

1. sound

Declension

Declension of zvuk

	singular	plural
nominative	zvuk	zvuky
genitive	zvuku	zvukov
dative	zvuku	zvukom
accusative	zvuk	zvuky
locative	zvuku	zvukoch
instrumental	zvukom	zvukmi

Derived terms

• ozvučený
• zvukový
• zvukovo
• zvukovosť
• ultrazvuk

Related terms

• zvučný

Further reading

• “zvuk”, 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