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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech pied, from Proto-Slavic *pędь, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pen-d- ("to stretch"), cognate with Slovak piaď, Polish piędź, Russian пядь (pjadʹ).
Pronunciation
Noun
píď f
- span (unit of length)
- Píď je stará délková jednotka, odvozena od vzdáleností palce na lidské ruce od ostatních prstů. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of píď (soft zero-ending feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “píď”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “píď”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989