bavlna
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech bavlna, borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle, whence German Baumwolle. The word is a partial calque, the second part having been assimilated to vlna (“wool”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bavlna f
- cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “bavlna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bavlna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bavlna”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN
Old Czech
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle.
Pronunciation
Noun
bavlna f
- cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
Declension
Declension of bavlna (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bavlna | bavlně | bavlny |
| genitive | bavlny | bavlnú | bavln |
| dative | bavlně | bavlnama | bavlnám |
| accusative | bavlnu | bavlně | bavlny |
| vocative | bavlno | bavlně | bavlny |
| locative | bavlně | bavlnú | bavlnách |
| instrumental | bavlnú | bavlnama | bavlnami |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: bavlna
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bavlna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bavlna f (relational adjective bavlnený)
- cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
Declension
Declension of bavlna (pattern žena)
Further reading
- “bavlna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025