šelma

See also: Selma and šeļma

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German schelme.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɛlma]

Noun

šelma f

  1. beast of prey
  2. (zoology) carnivore (mammal belonging to the order Carnivora)
    psovitá šelmacanid
    kočkovitá šelmafeline
    medvědovitá šelmaursid

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • šelemný
  • šelmí
  • šelmovitý
  • šelmovský
nouns

See also

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “šelma”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 604

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