houba
Appearance
See also: Houba
Czech
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫba. This might be related to Middle High German swamb (German Schwamm), Latin fungus and Greek σπόγγος (spóngos) or σφόγγος (sfóngos), which supposes some consonant transposition.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]houba f (diminutive houbička)
- mushroom (fungus and fruit of fungus)
- Některé houby jsou jedlé, jiné jedovaté. ― Some mushrooms are edible, other are poisonous.
- sponge (material used to wash dishes or the body)
- sponge (Porifera)
- Synonym: houbovec
- (colloquial) a sewing utensil in the shape of a mushroom used for repairing stockings, socks and pantyhose
- Synonym: hříbek
- (metallurgy) sponge (direct reduced iron), DRI
Declension
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “houba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “houba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “houba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
- “houba”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
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- Czech terms with usage examples
- Czech colloquialisms
- cs:Metallurgy
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Czech nouns with quantitative vowel alternation
- cs:Animals
- cs:Hygiene
- cs:Mushrooms
