chrbát
Slovak
Alternative forms
- chrbiet, chrbuot, chribet, cherbát (dialectal)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak chrbát, from Proto-Slavic *xrьbьtъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxr̩baːt]
- Rhymes: -r̩baːt
- Hyphenation: chr‧bát
Noun
chrbát m inan (relational adjective chrbtový, diminutive chrbátik)
- (anatomy) back (the back part of the human body from the shoulder blades to the pelvis)
- 2019, Jaromír Slušný, Kriminálne príbehy z čias nedávnych[1], Albatros Media Slovakia s.r.o., →ISBN, page 27:
- Policajti zisťovali, akým smerom mohol človek z váľandy padnúť a nech robili, čo robili, padali skôr na tvár, ako na chrbát.
- The police were investigating which direction the person could have fallen from the couch, and no matter what they did, they fell on their face rather than their back.
- (zoology) back (the upper part of an animal's body)
- (geology) ridge (elongated convex terrain with a rounded top part)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | chrbát | chrbty |
| genitive | chrbta | chrbtov |
| dative | chrbtu | chrbtom |
| accusative | chrbát | chrbty |
| locative | chrbte | chrbtoch |
| instrumental | chrbtom | chrbtami |
Further reading
- “chrbát”, 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, 2003–2025