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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chléb, from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs) and English loaf.
Pronunciation
Noun
chléb m inan (relational adjective chlebový, diminutive chlebíček)
- (formal) bread
Declension
Declension of chléb (hard masculine inanimate quant-alt)
Derived terms
Further reading
Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxlep/
- Rhymes: -ep
- Syllabification: chléb
Noun
chléb m inan
- bread
Derived terms
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “χlèb”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 54
- Sychta, Bernard (1968) “χlėb”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 33
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chleb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chleb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “chléb”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka , Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
chléb m inan
- bread
Člověk bez chleba a bez pitie nemóž býti živ.- A human cannot live without bread and something to drink.
1432, Filip z Padeřova, chapter 6, in Bible padeřovská, Janovo evangelium:
1476, Pasionál, Knihy o životech svatých:Krmě jich obecná byla, zelé bez omasty na prosto vařené, chlíb řiedko, masa neb ryb nikda.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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