cesmína

See also: česmina

Czech

Etymology

Adapted by Jan Svatopluk Presl from Serbo-Croatian čèsmina.[1] First attested in the 19th century.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛsmiːna]

Noun

cesmína f

  1. holly (any Ilex)

Declension

Declension of cesmína (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative cesmína cesmíny
genitive cesmíny cesmín
dative cesmíně cesmínám
accusative cesmínu cesmíny
vocative cesmíno cesmíny
locative cesmíně cesmínách
instrumental cesmínou cesmínami

References

  1. ^ Kolari, Veli (1993) “Zur Entstehung einer semantischen Nord/Süd-Dichotomie in Benennungen einiger Gehölze ur- bzw. gemeinslavischer Provenienz”, in Studia Slavica Finlandensia (in German), volume X, Helsinki, page 19
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “cesmína”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 113

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