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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hřivna, from Proto-Slavic *grivьna. By surface analysis, hříva + -na.
Pronunciation
Noun
hřivna f
- (numismatics) hryvnia (Ukrainian currency)
- (weight unit, numismatics, historical) grivna
Declension
Declension of hřivna (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hřivna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hřivna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hřivna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)