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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech sviezel. By surface analysis from svázat.
Pronunciation
Noun
svízel m inan or f
- (masculine only) bedstraw (any plant of the herb genus Galium)
- trouble, difficulty, pickle
- Synonyms: polízanice, malér, kaše, problém, šlamastyka, potíž, patálie, nesnáze, trampoty
Declension
when masculine:
Declension of svízel (soft masculine inanimate)
when feminine:
Declension of svízel (soft zero-ending feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “svízel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “svízel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “svízel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)