bečva

See also: Bečva

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech *bečva (compare Bečva), from Proto-Slavic *bъči, from Proto-West Germanic *buttjā (“cask, flask”), from Medieval Latin buttia, from Late Latin buttis (“cask, barrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛt͡ʃva]

Noun

bečva f

1. (dialectal) barrel, tun, keg

Declension

Declension of bečva (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	bečva	bečvy
genitive	bečvy	bečev
dative	bečvě	bečvám
accusative	bečvu	bečvy
vocative	bečvo	bečvy
locative	bečvě	bečvách
instrumental	bečvou	bečvami

Derived terms

• bečvář

 

• Bečva

 

Related terms

• bečka

 

Further reading

• bečva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957