houba

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gǫba. This might be related to Middle High German swamb (German Schwamm), Latin fungus and Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sfóngos), which supposes some consonant transposition.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɦou̯ba]
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Hyphenation: hou‧ba

Noun

houba f

mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)
Některé houby jsou jedlé, jiné jedovaté. — Some mushrooms are edible, other are poisonous.
sponge (Porifera)
Synonym: houbovec
sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)
sponge (direct-reduction iron)

Declension

Declension of houba

	singular	plural
nominative	houba	houby
genitive	houby	hub
dative	houbě	houbám
accusative	houbu	houby
vocative	houbo	houby
locative	houbě	houbách
instrumental	houbou	houbami

Derived terms

houbař
houbařka
houbařský
houbelec
houbička
houbovitý
houbový
houby s octem
hubka