pilíř

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pilier or Italian piliere,[1] from Vulgar Latin pīlāre from Latin pīla.[2]

Noun

pilíř m inan (diminutive pilířek)

  1. pillar
Declension
Declension of pilíř (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative pilíř pilíře
genitive pilíře pilířů
dative pilíři pilířům
accusative pilíř pilíře
vocative pilíři pilíře
locative pilíři pilířích
instrumental pilířem pilíři
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Calque of French pilier, from rugby rules translated from French into Czech by Ondřej Sekora in 1926.

Noun

pilíř m anim

  1. (rugby) prop (a player of the front row, supporting the hooker in the scrum)
Declension
Declension of pilíř (soft masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pilíř pilíři
genitive pilíře pilířů
dative pilířovi, pilíři pilířům
accusative pilíře pilíře
vocative pilíři pilíři
locative pilířovi, pilíři pilířích
instrumental pilířem pilíři

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “pilíř”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 449
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “pilíř”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • “pilíř”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pilíř”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “pilíř”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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