kmen

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See also: kmeň

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kmen, from Proto-Slavic *kъmenь. Cognate with Slovak kmeň.

Pronunciation

Noun

kmen m inan

  1. trunk (of a tree)
    Synonym: peň
  2. log (the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches)
  3. tribe (group of people)
  4. (taxonomy) phylum
  5. (biology) strain (variant of species, like of virus)
  6. (linguistics) stem

Declension

Declension of kmen (mixed masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kmen kmeny
genitive kmenu, kmene kmenů
dative kmenu, kmeni kmenům
accusative kmen kmeny
vocative kmeni kmeny
locative kmenu, kmeni kmenech
instrumental kmenem kmeny

Derived terms

Further reading

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