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Czech
Etymology
From devět + -ka.
Pronunciation
Noun
devítka f
- nine (digit or figure)
- (dated) three-quarter brick
- Synonym: tříčtvrtka
2011, Bohumil Štumpa with Ondřej Šefců, 100 osvědčených stavebních detailů – zednictví, Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 58:Při zdění se používají cihly celé, ale také tříčtvrtky (devítky – devítka je staré označení z coulové míry).- Not only normal bricks but also three-quarter bricks (devítky, "nines" – devítka, "a nine" is a dated term from the measure in inches) are used when building walls.
Declension
Declension of devítka (hard feminine reducible)
See also
Further reading
- “devítka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “devítka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “devítka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)