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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech holen, from Proto-Slavic *golěnь,[1] probably from *golъ (“naked, bare, bald”) as “a naked/bald bone”.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
holeň f
- shin
Declension
Declension of holeň (soft zero-ending feminine)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “holeň”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “holeň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “holeň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “holeň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)