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Old Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klьjь.
Noun
klí m inan
- resin, a sticky secretion of plants
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
klí m inan
- (botany) embryo, germ
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “klí”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “klíčit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 305