kupadlo

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Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫpadlo. By surface analysis, kúpati +‎ -dlo. For sense 4 compare Old East Slavic кѫпалиꙗ (kǫpalija, Saint John's Eve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkupadɫo/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkupadlo/

Noun

kupadlo n

  1. bathing place
  2. bowl especially for ritual washing, basin, baptismal font
  3. means of ritual purification
  4. ribbon given as a gift on the eve of certain holidays
  5. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. (botany) lady's mantle

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: kupadlo, koupadlo

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