hedvábí

Czech

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German gota-webbi (“god cloth, cloth for religious use”) (compare German Gott (“god”), weben (“to weave”)).[1]

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛdvaːbiː/

Noun

hedvábí n

  1. silk

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative hedvábí hedvábí
genitive hedvábí hedvábí
dative hedvábí hedvábím
accusative hedvábí hedvábí
vocative hedvábí hedvábí
locative hedvábí hedvábích
instrumental hedvábím hedvábími

Derived terms

References
  1. "hedvábí" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
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