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Old Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľūťè.
Noun
pľúca n pl
- (plural only, anatomy) lungs
Descendants
Further reading
- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “pľúca”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pľūťè.
Pronunciation
Noun
pľúca n pl (related adjective pľúcny, diminutive pľúcka)
- (plural only, anatomy) lungs
Declension
Further reading
- “pľúca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024