hedvábí

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hedvábie. Probably from Middle High German gota-webbi (“god cloth, cloth for religious use”) (compare German Gott (“god”), weben (“to weave”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɛdvaːbiː]
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Noun

hedvábí n (relational adjective hedvábný)

  1. silk

Declension

Declension of hedvábí (neuter in -í/-ý)
singular plural
nominative hedvábí hedvábí
genitive hedvábí hedvábí
dative hedvábí hedvábím
accusative hedvábí hedvábí
vocative hedvábí hedvábí
locative hedvábí hedvábích
instrumental hedvábím hedvábími

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “hedvábí”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

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