živel
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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *živelъ. By surface analysis, živý + -el.
Pronunciation
Noun
živel m inan (related adjective živelní or živelný)
- element (one of the hypothetical four basic building blocks of matter: water, earth, fire, and air)
- (dated) element (group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic)
- 1990, Antonín Kratochvil, Žaluji, 3rd edition, Prague, →ISBN, page 244:
- Na lavici obžalovaných vedle úkladných vrahů sedí českoslovenští reakční emigranté – Zenklové, Ripkové, Lettrichové, Procházkové, Majerové, Peroutkové a spol., kteří se křečovitě snaží pomocí západních rozhlasových stanic v kalných vodách živlů z řad odstraněných, dříve vládnoucích tříd, zasévat zavilou nenávist proti našemu lidu a jeho cestě k socialistické budoucnosti.
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