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Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech krušec (“lump of a useful mineral, especially rock salt”), krušek, from kruch (“piece, chunk”), from Proto-Slavic *kruxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraušas, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-o-s, ultimately from *krews- (“to freeze, become hard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: kru‧šec
Noun
krušec m inan
- (obsolete) nodule (lump of mineral)
Declension
Declension of krušec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)
Further reading
- “krušec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “krušec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Old Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkruʃɛt͡s/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkruʃɛt͡s/
Noun
krušec m inan
- lump of mineral, especially rock salt
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
Slovene
Etymology
From kruh + -ec.
Noun
krušec m inan
- (dated) diminutive of kruh
Further reading
- “krušec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024