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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dóvod. By surface analysis, deverbal from dovodit.
Pronunciation
Noun
důvod m inan
- reason (support of an opinion)
- z bezpečnostních důvodů ― for safety purposes / for security reasons
- Důvody jsou prosté. ― The reasons are simple.
Declension
Declension of důvod (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “důvod”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “důvod”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “důvod”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)