čiva

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From čít (“to sense”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: či‧va
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Noun

čiva f

  1. (literary, rare, mostly plural) nerve

Declension

Declension of čiva (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative čiva čivy
genitive čivy čiv
dative čivě čivám
accusative čivu čivy
vocative čivo čivy
locative čivě čivách
instrumental čivou čivami

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “čiva”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 118

Further reading

  • “čiva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “čiva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “čiva” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • “čiva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
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