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Czech
Etymology
From velryba (“whale”) + -ář. By surface analysis, vel- + rybář.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: vel‧ry‧bář
Noun
velrybář m anim (female equivalent velrybářka, related adjective velrybářský)
- whaler (person who hunts whales)
- Synonym: (obsolete) velrybolovec
Declension
Declension of velrybář (soft masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “velrybář”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “velrybář”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “velrybář”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)