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Czech
Etymology
From hrst + -ka. Compare Slovak hŕstka, Polish garstka.
Pronunciation
Noun
hrstka f
- Diminutive of hrst
1907, Josef Václav Sládek, “Tráva”, in Starosvětské písničky a jiné písně, Praha: J. Otto, pages 30–31:Za moře jsi neodešla,
nejsi ani za horami,
jen ta hrstka polní trávy
roste, roste mezi námi.
Za ty hory ptáče letí,
přes to moře vítr táhne,
ale zde, tou hrstkou trávy,
ruka ruky nedosáhne.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of hrstka (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- hrstka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- hrstka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- hrstka in Internetová jazyková příručka