tečka

See also: tecka, Tecka, and TECKA

English

Etymology

From the Czech tečka (dot, point, spot; period, full stop; tittle; dot (diacritic), tečka).

Pronunciation

Noun

tečka (plural tečky)

  1. (rare, only in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech, superseded by the háček) A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalisation).
    • 1977, Folia Slavica I–II, page 82:
      Unsystematic use of diacritics (the háček (ˇ), čárka (´), tečka (˙)) marks the Strahov copy…as no earlier than mid-15th century.

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Czech

Etymology

Coined during Czech National Revival, based on Russian то́чка (tóčka), sharing origin with tknout, týkat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛt͡ʃka/
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Noun

tečka f

  1. dot, point, spot
  2. period, full stop (at the end of a sentence)
  3. tittle (such as over i and j)
  4. dot (diacritic), tečka

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References

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