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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech slíva, from Proto-Slavic *sliva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *slīˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y-.
Pronunciation
Noun
slíva f (related adjective slívový, diminutive slivka or slívka)
- plum
Declension
Declension of slíva (hard feminine quant-alt)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “slíva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “slíva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “slíva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)