povidla

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Etymology

Possibly from vít (“to wind, roll”), meaning “something produced by stirring, mixing of a boiled fruit juice”.[1] An alternate etymology derives the word ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peu- (“to cleanse, purify”), in the sense “purified concoction”.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

povidla n pl

  1. plum stew, powidl

Declension

Declension of povidla (pl-only hard neuter reducible)
plural
nominative povidla
genitive povidel
dative povidlům
accusative povidla
vocative povidla
locative povidlech
instrumental povidly

Descendants

  • → Austrian German: Powidl

References

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

Further reading

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