vavřín

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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 vavřínechto rest on one's laurels (idiom)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (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)