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Czech
Etymology
Deverbal from utéct (“to flee, run away”). Equivalent to u- + těk, from Proto-Slavic *tekъ, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”). Compare Polish ucieczka (“flight, escape”).
Pronunciation
Noun
útěk m inan
- flight (act of fleeing)
- escape
Declension
Declension of útěk (velar masculine inanimate)
See also
Further reading
- “útěk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “útěk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “útěk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)