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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish gorzałka, via Moravian dialect with the initial "k" due to hypercorrection. Related to hořet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ko‧řal‧ka
Noun
kořalka f
- hard liquor, fire-water
- Synonyms: pálenka, destilát, lihovina
Declension
Declension of kořalka (hard feminine reducible)
Further reading
- “kořalka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kořalka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kořalka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025