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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
beruška f
- darling
- (colloquial) ladybug, ladybird
- sheep
- (obsolete) firefly
1904, Alois Mrštík, Vilém Mrštík, “Všech svatých”, in Rok na vsi:I všecky svíčky pozhasínal kostelník, a zůstal jen slabounký, zeleným sklem tlumený plamínek svatého ohně. Svítil jak beruška v máji.- And the sexton put all the candles out, and only a very light little flame of the holy fire, weakened by green glass, stayed. It was shining like a firefly in May.
Declension
Declension of beruška (hard feminine reducible)
Synonyms
Further reading
- beruška in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- beruška in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989