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Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German wīla, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō. First attested in the 15th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
chvíľa f (diminutive chvíľočka)
- while
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “chvíľa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 225
Further reading
- “chvíľa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024