hýčkat

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hýčkati (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: hý‧čkat
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Verb

hýčkat impf (perfective hýčkávat)

  1. to cuddle, to keep close
    Moc si ho hýčkal.He kept him very close.
  2. to mollycoddle, to spoil

Further reading

  • hýčkati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • hýčkati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • hýčkat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)