cvek

== Old Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zweck. === Noun === cvek m inan meaning, purpose, sense outer sign, omen Synonym: znamenie === Further reading === Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “cvek”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zwecke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡sʋêk/ Hyphenation: cvek === Noun === cvȅk m inan (Cyrillic spelling цве̏к) (regional, archaic) nail ==== Declension ==== === References === “cvek”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Slovak cvek, borrowed from German Zweck. See also Polish ćwiek. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡svek/, [ˈt͡sʋek] Rhymes: -ek === Noun === cvek m inan (colloquial, nonstandard) meaning, purpose, sense Synonyms: účel, význam, zmysel (dialectal) alternative form of cvok (“stud, a short nail with wide round head”) Synonym: klinec (dialectal) alternative form of cvik (“wedge”) Synonym: klin ==== Declension ==== ==== Usage notes ==== Usually used in phrase nemá to cveka (“it doesn't make any sense”). === References === Mgr. Martina Kopecká; Mgr. Tatiana Laliková; Mgr. Renáta Ondrejková; doc. PhDr. Jana Skladaná, CSc.; Mgr. Iveta Valentová, PhD. (2011), Staršia slovenská lexika v medzijazykových vzťahoch [The older Slovak lexicon in interlingual relations]‎[1] (in Slovak), page 123 Jazykovedný Časopis [The Linguistic Journal]‎[2] (in Slovak), volume 41 (magazine), 1990, page 148 Štefan Tóbik (2021), Gemerské nárečia II [Dialects of Gemer II]‎[3] (in Slovak), page 244 === Further reading === “cvek”, 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 Peter Oravec (2016–2026), “cvek”, in Obrátený slovník cudzích slov [Reverse dictionary of foreign words] (in Slovak), https://www.najdislovo.sk == Slovene == === Etymology === From Middle High German zwec. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡sʋɛ́k/ === Noun === cvȅk m inan nail (slang) F (a failing grade) ==== Declension ====