čára

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"

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Etymology

Probably derived from čáry (“magic”), čarovat (“to conjure”), meaning a magical line, e.g. the delineation of a magic circle.[1] Possibly connected also with Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[2]

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Noun

čára f

  1. line
  2. threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver

Declension

Declension of čára (hard feminine quant-alt)
singular plural
nominative čára čáry
genitive čáry čar
dative čáře čarám, čárám
accusative čáru čáry
vocative čáro čáry
locative čáře čarách, čárách
instrumental čarou, čárou čarami, čárami

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “čára”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • “čára”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “čára”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “čára”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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