tečka
See also: tecka, Tecka, and TECKA
English
Etymology
From the Czech tečka (“dot, point, spot; period, full stop; tittle; dot (diacritic), tečka”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tĕchʹkə, IPA(key): /ˈtɛt͡ʃkə/
- (UK) enPR: tĕchʹkă, IPA(key): /ˈtɛt͡ʃka/
Noun
tečka (plural tečky)
- (rare, only in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech, superseded by the háček) A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalisation).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.
- 1977, Folia Slavica I–II, page 82:
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
Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tečka | tečky |
genitive | tečky | teček |
dative | tečce | tečkám |
accusative | tečku | tečky |
vocative | tečko | tečky |
locative | tečce | tečkách |
instrumental | tečkou | tečkami |
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: tečka
See also
- bod
- interpunkce
- puntík
References
- "tečka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
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