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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”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hedvábí n (related adjective hedvábný)
- silk
Declension
Declension of hedvábí (neuter in -í/-ý)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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hedvábí
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hedvábí
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| genitive
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hedvábí
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hedvábí
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| dative
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hedvábí
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hedvábím
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| accusative
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hedvábí
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hedvábí
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| vocative
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hedvábí
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hedvábí
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| locative
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hedvábí
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hedvábích
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| instrumental
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hedvábím
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hedvábími
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Descendants
References
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “hedvábí”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “hedvábí”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hedvábí”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989