bavlna

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bavlna, borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle, whence German Baumwolle. The word is a partial calque, the second part having been assimilated to vlna (wool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbavl̩na]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧vl‧na

Noun

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
    Je to čistá bavlna?Is it pure cotton?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • bavľna (alternative writing)
  • vavlna

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbaʋl̩na/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbavl̩na/

Noun

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: bavlna

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Polish bawełna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbavlna]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

bavlna f (relational adjective bavlnený)

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension

Declension of bavlna
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativebavlnabavlny
genitivebavlnybavĺn
dativebavlnebavlnám
accusativebavlnubavlny
locativebavlnebavlnách
instrumentalbavlnoubavlnami

Further reading

  • bavlna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025