kostrč

Czech

FWOTD – 8 April 2017

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kostřec, from Proto-Slavic *kostrьcь which is from Proto-Slavic *kostra (“skeleton”). This probably comes from several intermingling sources: from Proto-Slavic *kostr-, *kostь (“bone”) and at the same time the root *kes-, which is from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scratch”). The present Czech form kostrč was probably also influenced by the word trčet (“stick out”).[1] Compare kost, kostra and kostrbatý.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkostr̩t͡ʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧s‧trč

Noun

kostrč f

  1. tailbone, coccyx [from 14th c.]
    Synonym: (obsolete) kostřec
    • 2009, Ivan Dylevský, Speciální kineziologie‎[1], Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:
      Kostrč je malá trojúhelníkovitá kost tvořící zakončení páteře.
      The tailbone is a small triangular bone forming an end of the spine.

Declension

Declension of kostrč (soft zero-ending feminine)
singular plural
nominative kostrč kostrče
genitive kostrče kostrčí
dative kostrči kostrčím
accusative kostrč kostrče
vocative kostrči kostrče
locative kostrči kostrčích
instrumental kostrčí kostrčemi

Derived terms

  • kostrční

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “kostrč”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 337

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