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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hlodati, from Proto-Slavic *glodati.
Pronunciation
Verb
hlodat impf
- to gnaw, nibble
- to bother, plague, nag, beset (of a feeling)
- Hlodalo ve mně podezření, že to nepřeložím. ― I was nagged by the suspicion that I wouldn't be able to translate it.
- Hlodalo v něm pokušení se na to vykašlat. ― He was beset by a temptation to call it a day.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hlodati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hlodati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hlodat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)