šanta

See also: sânta, sánta, santa, sântă, Santa, and Sánta

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish szanta by Presl, with further etymology unknown. Displaced by jablečník.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃanta]

Noun

šanta f

  1. (obsolete) horehound (any plant of the genus Marrubium)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “šanta”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 602
  2. ^ Václav Machek (1954) “Nepeta”, in Česká a slovenská jména rostlin [Czech and Slovak plant names], Prague: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, page 195

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