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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьrybъ, a partial calque of Middle High German walvisch, affected by Proto-Slavic *velьjь (“great”), hence literally “great fish” or “giant fish”. By surface analysis, vel- + ryba.
Pronunciation
Noun
velryba f (related adjective velrybí)
- whale (large sea mammal)
Declension
Declension of velryba (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “velryba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “velryba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “velryba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)