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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kámen, from Proto-Slavic *kàmy. The long ⟨á⟩ is from the obsolete and dialectal kámy.
Pronunciation
Noun
kámen m inan
- stone (substance, small piece)
- piece (in board games)
Declension
Declension of kámen (mixed masculine inanimate irreg-stem)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “kámen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kámen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kámen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kàmy.
Pronunciation
Noun
kámen m inan
- stone (substance, small piece)
- drahý kámen ― precious stone
- ohnivý kámen ― pyrite
- zažžený kámen ― flint
- rock
- a measure of weight equivalent to about 10.28 kilograms
Declension
Descendants
Further reading