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Do you know where the swear words, used by Slovaks come from? Did you know that people could once be prosecuted for using the word “huncút”? You can listen to the interview with our director Ľubor Králik on TV JOJ 24 podcast about the etymology of swear words by clicking here.

Slovník slovenských nárečí III. P(poza) – R (“Slovak Dialect Dictionary III. P(poza) – R”) is now available online. The publication Slovník slovenských nárečí III. P(poza) – R (“Slovak Dialect Dictionary III. P(poza) – R”) has been added to the Dictionary portal. To search the Dictionary portal click here.

International Danube Day 2025… On the occassion of the Year of Ľudovít Štúr and the forthcoming International Danube Day we have made a special poster containing historical words from the following works Slowár Slowenskí Češko-Laťinsko-Ňemecko-Uherskí (written by Anton Bernolák), Slovník slovenských nárečí (collective work), but also from Nárečja Slovenskuo alebo Potreba písaňja v tomto nárečí (written…

We recommend you to read an article Sila slov: Cigán verzus Róm (‘The power of Words: Gypsy versus Roma’) written by the colleague Jaroslava Rusinková from the Department of Social Linguistics. The article can be found in the current issue of the journal Príbehy 20. storočia (‘20th-century stories’). You can purchase the journal by clicking…