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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech točúš, via univerbation of to čuješ.
Pronunciation
Adverb
totiž
- namely, specifically
- Synonym: jmenovitě
1947, František Sokol-Tůma, Na šachtě:Bezpečnostní dozorci měli za povinnost stále jen měřiti vzduch, totiž jeho čistotu, zejména »na předku«.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjunction
totiž
- because
- Synonym: protože
Further reading
- “totiž”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “totiž”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “totiž”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)