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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech pól, from Proto-Slavic *polъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (“to chop, to separate”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
půl f (indeclinable)
- half
Usage notes
- When telling the time, půl is used to mean "half to", so for example je půl páté (literally "it's half of five") means "it's half (past) four".
Further reading
- “půl”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “půl”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “půl”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)