drť
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech drt (“crushed material”),[1] from Proto-Slavic *dьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *der-.[2] See also the verb drát.
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Noun
drť f
- disintegrated or crushed material, for example grit [since 15th c.]
- 1869, Filip Stanislav Kodym, Úvod do hospodářství: hospodářská čítanka[1], Praha: Mikuláš & Knapp, pages 8–9:
- Mezi tím co jemná mrť se tvořila, nezůstala ovšem ve spod skála na pokoji. Pukřila pomalu, rozpadajíc se v drobty a prach či jedním slovem, v drť.
- While fine soil was being created, the rock underneath did not stay still. It was decaying slowly, being disintegrated into crumbs and dust or, in one word, grit.
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