bavlna

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech bavlna, borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle, whence German Baumwolle. The word is a partial calque, the second part having been assimilated to vlna (wool).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈbavl̩na]
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧vl‧na

Noun[edit]

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
    Je to čistá bavlna?Is it pure cotton?

Declension[edit]

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Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • bavlna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bavlna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN.

Old Czech[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German boumwolle.

Noun[edit]

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Czech: bavlna

Further reading[edit]

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Polish bawełna.

Noun[edit]

bavlna f (genitive singular bavlny, nominative plural bavlny, genitive plural bavĺn, declension pattern of žena)

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • bavlna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk