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Czech
Etymology
Adapted by Jan Svatopluk Presl from Serbo-Croatian čèsmina.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cesmína f
- holly (any Ilex)
Declension
Declension of cesmína (hard feminine)
References
- ^ Kolari, Veli (1993) “Zur Entstehung einer semantischen Nord/Süd-Dichotomie in Benennungen einiger Gehölze ur- bzw. gemeinslavischer Provenienz”, in Studia Slavica Finlandensia (in German), volume X, Helsinki, page 19
Further reading
- “cesmína”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cesmína”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989