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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫžьvь, from Proto-Indo-European *gengʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid, weave”); cognate of Polish gązwa (“twig”).[1]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: hou‧žev
Noun
houžev f
- withe, withy
Declension
Declension of houžev (soft zero-ending feminine reducible)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “houžev”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “houžev”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “houžev”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)