hodváb

== Slovak == === Etymology === From late Proto-Slavic *gъd(o)vabjь, borrowed from an Old Germanic language like Old Saxon godowebbi or Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌹 (*gudawabi). The Old Germanic word is a compound of *gudą (“god”) +‎ *wabją (“web”) with the meaning “god cloth, cloth for religious use”. Compare cognates Czech hedvábí, Russian and Serbian Old Church Slavonic годовабль (godovablĭ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɔdvaːp/, [ˈɦɔdʋaːp] Rhymes: -ɔdvaːp Hyphenation: hod‧váb === Noun === hodváb m inan (relational adjective hodvábny, diminutive hodvábik) silk ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hodvábne hodvábnica === References === === Further reading === “hodváb”, 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