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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech ščet, from Proto-Slavic *sъčetь, *ščetь, from Proto-Indo-European *kwek- (“to gape”). See also Sanskrit श्वञ्चते (śvañcate, “to become open”), उच्छ्वङ्क (ucchvaṅka, “cleaving open, gaping”).
Pronunciation
Noun
štět m inan
- (bryology) seta
- (construction) hardcore (stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying)
Declension
Declension of štět (hard masculine inanimate)
References
Further reading
- “štět”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “štět”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “štět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
- Machek, Václav (1968) “štět”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 625