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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech řebro, from Proto-Slavic *rebrò, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰróm, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
žebro n
- (anatomy) rib
- rib (part of a ship's framework)
Declension
Declension of žebro (hard neuter reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “žebro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žebro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žebro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)