dívkou

Dívkou is the instrumental singular form of the Czech feminine noun dívka, meaning “girl.” It is used to express means or accompaniment, and also as the agent in passive constructions, in addition to its role in phrases with certain prepositions.

Morphology and decline: The noun dívka follows a standard feminine paradigm. Nominative singular is dívka; genitive dívky; dative dívce; accusative dívku; vocative dívko; locative dívce; instrumental dívkou. The instrumental form dívkou is formed from the stem dívk- plus the feminine instrumental ending -ou.

Usage: Dívkou appears after prepositions that require the instrumental, most commonly with s meaning “with.” Example: Mluvili s dívkou (They talked with a girl). It also occurs in expressions of means or instrument, and in passive voice sentences where the agent is in the instrumental: Kniha byla napsána dívkou (The book was written by a girl).

Notes: The word is a standard, common noun in Czech and follows regular phonological and morphological patterns for feminine nouns ending in -ka. Its use is restricted to grammatical contexts where the instrumental case is required or permitted, such as accompaniment, means, or agentive function in passive constructions.