činčila

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish chinchilla.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪnt͡ʃɪla]
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Noun

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činčila f

  1. chinchilla (small, nocturnal rodent, native to the Andes, prized for its very soft fur and also often kept as a pet)
  2. chinchilla (fur of a chinchilla used for clothing)

Declension

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Declension of činčila (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative činčila činčily
genitive činčily činčil
dative činčile činčilám
accusative činčilu činčily
vocative činčilo činčily
locative činčile činčilách
instrumental činčilou činčilami

References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “činčila”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 116

Further reading

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  • “činčila”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “činčila”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “činčila”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “činčila” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
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