hedvábí

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Czech

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German gota-webbi (“god cloth, cloth for religious use”) (compare German Gott (“god”), weben (“to weave”)).

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Noun

hedvábí n (related adjective hedvábný)

  1. silk

Declension

Declension of hedvábí (neuter in -í/-ý)
singular plural
nominative hedvábí hedvábí
genitive hedvábí hedvábí
dative hedvábí hedvábím
accusative hedvábí hedvábí
vocative hedvábí hedvábí
locative hedvábí hedvábích
instrumental hedvábím hedvábími

Descendants

  • → Polish: jedwab
    • → Belarusian: ядва́б (jadváb)
    • → Ukrainian: єдва́б (jedváb)

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “hedvábí”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • hedvábí in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • hedvábí in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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