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Slovak
Etymology
From skorý (“quick”) + celiť (“to heal”), the name is related to the fact that fresh plantain leaves have the ability to stop minor bleeding. First attested in the 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
skorocel m inan (related adjective skorocelový)
- plantain, ribwort (plant of the genus Plantago)
Declension
Declension of
skorocel (pattern
dub)
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “skorocel”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 534
Further reading
- “skorocel”, 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