pomenúva

Pomenúva is a Slovak verb meaning to name, designate, or christen. In ordinary usage it appears as the third-person singular present tense form “pomenúva,” as in on/ona/ono pomenúva, meaning he/she/it names or designates something by giving it a name. The form is used when someone assigns a name to a person, place, object, or concept.

The word is formed from the noun meno (name) with the prefix po- and the usual verb-making ending -ovať, giving the imperfective verb pomenúvať. The related perfective form is pomenovať, which is used for a completed act of naming. There are also closely related terms such as poimenovať, which can carry a nuance of naming with an official or authoritative sense, for example when appointing or designating someone to a role.

In practice, pomenúva covers a range of naming actions. It is common in everyday speech for naming a child, christening a ship, or designating a street or place by a particular name. It is also used in scientific and formal contexts to indicate that a new name has been assigned to a person, place, or thing, such as a newly discovered organism or a geographic feature.

Examples of usage include: Mesto pomenovalo novú ulicu po generálovi. Loď bola pomenovaná po slávnom objaviteľovi. Vedci pomenovali nový druh po objaviteľovi. These illustrate naming a street, naming a ship after someone, and naming a new species after its discoverer.

See also: pomenovanie, pomenovať, poimenovať. These related terms cover the act of naming (pomenovanie) and other aspects of giving names or designations (the verb forms pomenovať and poimenovať).