pijěvicě

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Old Czech

Etymology

Per Machek, inherited from Proto-Slavic *pigovica.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpiji̯ɛʋit͡si̯ɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpijɛvit͡sɛ/

Noun

pijěvicě f

  1. leech

Declension

Declension of pijěvicě (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative pijěvicě pijěvici pijěvicě
genitive pijěvicě pijěvicú pijěvicí, pijěvic
dative pijěvici pijěvicěma pijěviciem
accusative pijěvicu pijěvici pijěvicě
vocative pijěvice pijěvici pijěvicě
locative pijěvici pijěvicú pijěviciech
instrumental pijěvicú pijěvicěma pijěvicěmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: pijavice

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “pijavice”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 448

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