bedna

See also: bedňa and bědná

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъdьňa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *budin- from Medieval Latin butina (Vulgar Latin *budina) from Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē, flask),[1][2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (to swell, puff). Cognate with Slovak debna, German Bütte. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛdna]
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Noun

bedna f

  1. box, crate (container)
  2. (informal) television
    Synonyms: televizor, telka

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • bednářský
nouns

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bedna”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

bedna (Cyrillic spelling бедна)

  1. inflection of bedan:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovene

Adjective

bédna

  1. inflection of bẹ́dən:
    1. masculine nominative/accusative dual
    2. feminine nominative singular
    3. neuter nominative/accusative plural