šanta

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish szanta by Presl, with further etymology unknown. Displaced by jablečník.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

šanta f

  1. (obsolete) horehound (any plant of the genus Marrubium)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “šanta”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 602
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1954) “Nepeta”, in Česká a slovenská jména rostlin, Prague: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd

Further reading

  • šanta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • šanta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989