vavřín

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See also: vavrín

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wawrzyn.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: va‧v‧řín

Noun

vavřín m inan

  1. laurel
    usnout na vavřínech ― to rest on one's laurels (idiom)

Declension

Declension of vavřín (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vavřín vavříny
genitive vavřínu vavřínů
dative vavřínu vavřínům
accusative vavřín vavříny
vocative vavříne vavříny
locative vavříně, vavřínu vavřínech
instrumental vavřínem vavříny

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “vavřín”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 679

Further reading

  • “vavřín”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “vavřín”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “vavřín”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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