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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech *bečva (compare Bečva), from Proto-Slavic *bъči, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā (“cask, flask”), from Medieval Latin buttia, from Late Latin buttis (“cask, barrel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bečva f
- (dialectal) barrel, tun, keg
Declension
Declension of bečva (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bečva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bečva”, in Slovník nářečí českého jazyka (in Czech), 2016–