barvínek
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Beerwinck, Phono-semantic matching of Latin pervinca, vinca pervinca, after barva (“colour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbarviːnɛk]
Noun
barvínek m inan
- periwinkle (any plant of the genus Vinca)
- Synonym: brčál
Declension
Declension of barvínek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
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Descendants
- → Old Polish: barwinek
- Polish: barwinek
- → Middle Russian: барвинка (barvinka)
- Russian: барви́нок (barvínok), барвено́к (barvenók)
- → Old Ruthenian: барви́нокъ (barvínok), барвѣ́нокъ (barvě́nok)
- → Middle Russian: барвинка (barvinka)
- Polish: barwinek
Further reading
- “barvínek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “barvínek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “barvínek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025