štět

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See also: stet

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ščet, from Proto-Slavic *sъčetь, *ščetь, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwek- (“to gape”). See also Sanskrit श्वञ्चते (śvañcate, “to become open”), उच्छ्वङ्क (ucchvaṅka, “cleaving open, gaping”).

Pronunciation

Noun

štět m inan

  1. (bryology) seta
  2. (construction) hardcore (stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying)

Declension

Declension of štět (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative štět štěty
genitive štětu štětů
dative štětu štětům
accusative štět štěty
vocative štěte štěty
locative štětu štětech
instrumental štětem štěty

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)
  • Václav Machek (1968) “štět”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 625
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