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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech srpen. By surface analysis, srp (“sickle”) + -en, referring to harvesting. Cognate with Polish sierpień (“August”) and Serbo-Croatian srpanj (“July”).
Pronunciation
Noun
srpen m inan (related adjective srpnový)
- August
Declension
Declension of srpen (hard masculine inanimate reducible)
Derived terms
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) měsíc gregoriánského kalendáře; leden, únor, březen, duben, květen, červen, červenec, srpen, září, říjen, listopad, prosinec (Category: cs:Months)
Further reading
- srpen in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- srpen in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- srpen in Internetová jazyková příručka
Old Czech
Etymology
From srp + -en.
Pronunciation
Noun
srpen m inan
- August
- Synonyms: vřěseň, sěčen
Declension
Descendants
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) měsiec v kalendáři; leden, únor, břězen, duben, máj, črven, črvnec, srpen, zářuj, řújen, listopad, prosinec (Category: zlw-ocs:Months)
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