cejch

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cajch, cejch. Borrowed from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛjx]
  • Hyphenation: cejch

Noun

cejch m inan

  1. brand (mark made by burning)

Declension

Declension of cejch (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative cejch cejchy
genitive cejchu cejchů
dative cejchu cejchům
accusative cejch cejchy
vocative cejchu cejchy
locative cejchu cejších
instrumental cejchem cejchy

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “cejch”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 111

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