činka

See also: cinka and cinkā

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German schin (German Schiene). Influenced by činit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪŋka]
• Hyphenation: čin‧ka

Noun

činka f

1. dumbbell, barbell (a piece of equipment used in weight training)

Declension

Declension of činka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	činka	činky
genitive	činky	činek
dative	čince	činkám
accusative	činku	činky
vocative	činko	činky
locative	čince	činkách
instrumental	činkou	činkami

Further reading

• činka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• činka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃinka]

Noun

činka f (genitive singular činky, nominative plural činky, genitive plural činiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. dumbbell, barbell (a piece of equipment used in weight training)

Declension

Declension of činka

	singular	plural
nominative	činka	činky
genitive	činky	činiek
dative	činke	činkám
accusative	činku	činky
locative	činke	činkách
instrumental	činkou	činkami

References

• “činka”, 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, 2024