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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hlavně (“ember, brand; blade of a sword”), from Proto-Slavic *golvьňà. By surface analysis, hlava + -eň.
Pronunciation
Noun
hlaveň f
- barrel (metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged)
Declension
Declension of hlaveň (soft zero-ending feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “hlaveň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hlaveň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hlaveň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)