cibule

cibule

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cibule, from Middle High German zwibolle, from Late Latin cēpulla, from Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɪbulɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulɛ
  • Hyphenation: ci‧bu‧le

Noun

cibule f (relational adjective cibulový, diminutive cibulka)

  1. onion (Allium cepa)
  2. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)
  3. (colloquial, in the plural) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • cibulnatý
  • cibulovitý
  • cibulový
nouns

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sibuʎe/, (high register) [ˈt͡sibuʎe], (common) [ˈt͡sibule]
  • Rhymes: -uʎe
  • Hyphenation: ci‧bu‧le

Noun

cibule f

  1. inflection of cibuľa:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural
  2. (plural only; colloquial, expressive, humorous) pocket watch
    Synonym: hodinky
  3. (slang) eyes
    Synonyms: buľvy, kukadlá, oči

Declension

Declension of cibule
(pattern ulica)
plural
nominativecibule
genitivecibúľ
dativecibuliam
accusativecibule
locativecibuliach
instrumentalcibuľami

Further reading

  • cibule”, 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, 2003–2026