motýlek
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A man wearing a motýlek 
Motýlek
See also: motylek
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
motýlek m anim
- diminutive of motýl (“butterfly”)
- any bird from genus Uraeginthus
Declension
Declension of motýlek (velar masculine animate reducible)
Hypernyms
- (Uraeginthus): živočichové – regnum; strunatci – phylum; čtvernožci – superclassis; ptáci – class; letci – subclass; pěvci – order; Astrildovití – family
Hyponyms
- (Uraeginthus): motýlek angolský, motýlek granátový, motýlek modrobřichý, motýlek modrohlavý, motýlek rudouchý – species
Derived terms
Noun
motýlek m anim or m inan
- bowtie (a man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat)
Declension
Declension of motýlek (velar masculine inanimate // velar masculine animate reducible)
See also
Noun
motýlek m inan
Declension
Further reading
- “motýlek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “motýlek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “motýlek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Uraeginthus on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
Category:Uraeginthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
Uraeginthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
Noun
motýlek m inan
- diminutive of motel
- 1988, Otto Ulč, Bez Čedoku po Jižní Africe, Sixty-Eight Publishers, →ISBN, page 82:
- Míjíme nevábný motel, motýlek.
- We are passing by an uninviting motel, just a little motel.