doubí

See also: dòubǐ and dòubī

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫbъ (“oak”), which has not been explained yet. It could be an innovation appearing because of a taboo (since oak was a sacred tree). There are some attempts to connect it with e.g. Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build”), *dʰeu-bʰ- (“dark”), *dʰeu-b- (“deep”) or *dʰembʰ (“beat”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdou̯biː]
  • Hyphenation: dou‧bí

Noun

doubí n (collective, singular only)

  1. oak vegetation
    Synonyms: doubrava, dubina, dubí, duboví
  2. snarl of oak branches

Declension

Declension of doubí (sg-only neuter in -í/-ý)
singular
nominative doubí
genitive doubí
dative doubí
accusative doubí
vocative doubí
locative doubí
instrumental doubím
adjective
nouns

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “dub”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 160

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