drť

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech drt (crushed material),[1] from Proto-Slavic *dьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *der-.[2] See also the verb drát.

Pronunciation

Noun

drť f

  1. 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.

Declension

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References

Further reading

Verb

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  1. second-person singular imperative of drtit