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)
- onion (Allium cepa)
- (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)
- (colloquial, in the plural) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)
Declension
Declension of cibule (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cibule | cibule |
| genitive | cibule | cibulí |
| dative | cibuli | cibulím |
| accusative | cibuli | cibule |
| vocative | cibule | cibule |
| locative | cibuli | cibulích |
| instrumental | cibulí | cibulemi |
Derived terms
adjectives
- cibulnatý
- cibulovitý
- cibulový
nouns
- cibulačka
- cibulák
- cibulář
- cibulička
- cibulka
- cibulovina
Further reading
- “cibule”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cibule”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cibule”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “cibule”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sibuʎe/, (high register) [ˈt͡sibuʎe], (common) [ˈt͡sibule]
- Rhymes: -uʎe
- Hyphenation: ci‧bu‧le
Noun
cibule f
- inflection of cibuľa:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
- (plural only; colloquial, expressive, humorous) pocket watch
- Synonym: hodinky
- (slang) eyes
- Synonyms: buľvy, kukadlá, oči
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | cibule |
| genitive | cibúľ |
| dative | cibuliam |
| accusative | cibule |
| locative | cibuliach |
| instrumental | cibuľami |
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