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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dótka. From dotknout se (“to offend”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
důtka f
- admonishment, rebuke, reprimand
- (in the plural, weaponry) cat-o'-nine-tails, scourge
- Synonym: devítiocasá kočka f sg
Declension
Declension of důtka (hard feminine reducible)
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “důtka”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “důtka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “důtka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989