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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Beerwinck, Phono-semantic matching of Latin pervinca, vinca pervinca, after barva (“colour”).
Pronunciation
Noun
barvínek m inan
- periwinkle (any plant of the genus Vinca)
- Synonym: brčál
Declension
Declension of barvínek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
Descendants
Further reading
- “barvínek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “barvínek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “barvínek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)