lyska

See also: łyska and łyską

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lyska, from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪska]

Noun

lyska f

1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Declension of lyska (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	lyska	lysky
genitive	lysky	lysek
dative	lysce	lyskám
accusative	lysku	lysky
vocative	lysko	lysky
locative	lysce	lyskách
instrumental	lyskou	lyskami

Related terms

• lysenka
• lysina
• lysý

Further reading

• “lyska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lyska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lyska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫɨska/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈliska/

Noun

lyska f

1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Declension of lyska (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lyska	lyscě	lysky
genitive	lysky	lyskú	lysek
dative	lyscě	lyskama	lyskám
accusative	lysku	lyscě	lysky
vocative	lysko	lyscě	lysky
locative	lyscě	lyskú	lyskách
instrumental	lyskú	lyskama	lyskami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: lyska

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “lyska”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka. First attested in 1707.

Noun

lyska f

1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Descendants

• Slovak: lyska

Further reading

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “lyska”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈliska]

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Noun

lyska f

1. coot (any bird of the genus Fulica)

Declension

Declension of lyska
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	lyska	lysky
genitive	lysky	lysiek
dative	lyske	lyskám
accusative	lysku	lysky
locative	lyske	lyskách
instrumental	lyskou	lyskami

Further reading

• “lyska”, 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