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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъdьňa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *budin- from Medieval Latin butina (Vulgar Latin *budina) from Ancient Greek πυτίνη (putínē, “flask”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeHw- (“to swell, puff”). Cognate with Slovak debna, German Bütte.
Pronunciation
Noun
bedna f
- box, crate (container)
- (informal) television
- Synonyms: televizor, telka
Declension
Declension of bedna (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
References
- ^ "bedna" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Further reading
- bedna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bedna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- bedna in Internetová jazyková příručka
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
bedna
- inflection of bedan:
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
- indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Slovene
Adjective
bédna
- inflection of bẹ́dən:
- masculine nominative/accusative dual
- feminine nominative singular
- neuter nominative/accusative plural