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Czech
Etymology
From horlivý (“zealous”) + -ec.
Pronunciation
Noun
horlivec m anim (female equivalent horlivkyně)
- eager beaver, zealot
- Synonyms: nadšenec, snaživec
Declension
Declension of horlivec (soft masculine animate reducible)
Further reading
- “horlivec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “horlivec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “horlivec” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “horlivec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)