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Czech
Etymology
Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl[1] as kyselý (“acidic, sour”) + -ík, based on Latin oxygenium from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”) (referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids).
Pronunciation
Noun
kyslík m inan
- oxygen
Declension
Declension of kyslík (velar masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Further reading
- “kyslík”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “kyslík”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Slovak
Etymology
From kyslý + -ík.
Pronunciation
Noun
kyslík m inan (genitive singular kyslíka, declension pattern of dub)
- oxygen
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kyslík”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024