smůla
See also: smula
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech smóla, from Proto-Slavic *smola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsmuːla]
- Hyphenation: smů‧la
Noun
smůla f
- pitch (sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees)
- bad luck
- Antonym: štěstí
- resin (solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers)
Declension
The form smola is more common in Moravia.
Derived terms
adjectives
Further reading
- “smůla”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “smůla”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “smůla”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025