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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech střěla, from Proto-Slavic *strěla, from Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”).
Pronunciation
Noun
střela f
- projectile (to be fired from a weapon)
- missile
Declension
Declension of střela (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “střela”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “střela”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “střela”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)