běnky

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Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, ESSJa considered from Proto-Slavic *běnъky which ultimately from verbal stem *biti. Compare dialectal Russian бени (beni).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbi̯ɛnkɨ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbjɛnki/

Noun

běnky f pl

  1. swift (reel used to hold yarn)

Declension

Declension of běnky (pl-only hard a-stem reducible)
plural
nominative běnky
genitive běnek
dative běnkám
accusative běnky
vocative běnky
locative běnkách
instrumental běnkami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*běni?/*běnъky”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 87

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