lišák

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪʃaːk] Rhymes: -ʃaːk Hyphenation: li‧šák === Etymology 1 === From liška +‎ -ák. It comes from Proto-Slavic *lisa, *lisъ. The modern form was probably also influenced by Proto-Slavic *lixъ (“bad”), maybe because the original word was taboo. Etymology of the expression *lisъ is not clear. It is often connected with Lithuanian lãpė, Latvian lapsa, Irish lois, Latin vulpes, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs) (all meaning "fox") and Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “a kind of jackal”). ==== Noun ==== lišák m anim (female equivalent liška, relational adjective lišácký, diminutive lišáček) male fox, reynard fox (a cunning person) Synonyms: liška, liška podšitá, podšívka ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === The fungus of the genus Hydnum acquired the name due to the similar colour of some of their species with fox (Czech liška, male lišák, see Etymology 1). ==== Noun ==== lišák m inan fungi of genus Hydnum, of in the family Hydnaceae Synonym: lošák ===== Usage notes ===== Although the word lišák in the sense Hydnum should be declined as masculine inanimate, in practical colloquial usage the animate declension also sometimes appears. ===== Declension ===== when inanimate: when animate: ===== Hypernyms ===== (genus Hydnum): houby – kingdom; stopkovýtrusné – division; rouškaté – class; liškotvaré – order; lišákovité – family ===== Hyponyms ===== (genus Hydnum): lišák bělavý, lišák ryšavý, lišák zprohýbaný – species ===== Derived terms ===== === Related terms === === References === === Further reading === lišák at Myko atlas, Česká mykologická společnost. “lišák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “lišák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “lišák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026