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Czech
Etymology
Ultimately from German Spatz (“sparrow”), from Old High German sparo (“sparrow”), from Proto-Germanic *sparwô (“sparrow”), + -ek. Cognate with Russian шпак (špak, “starling”), Ukrainian шпак (špak, “starling”), Belarusian шпак (špak, “starling”), Polish szpak (“starling”).
Pronunciation
Noun
špaček m anim (relational adjective špaččí)
- starling (bird)
Declension
Declension of špaček (velar masculine animate reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “špaček”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “špaček”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “špaček”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)