jiřina

See also: Jiřina

Czech

Etymology

From Jiřina (“Georgina”). Calque of New Latin Georgina, an alternative name for the genus. Named after German-Russian botanist, naturalist, and geographer Johann Gottlieb Georgi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɪr̝ɪna]

Noun

jiřina f

1. dahlia (any plant of the genus Dahlia)

Declension

Declension of jiřina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	jiřina	jiřiny
genitive	jiřiny	jiřin
dative	jiřině	jiřinám
accusative	jiřinu	jiřiny
vocative	jiřino	jiřiny
locative	jiřině	jiřinách
instrumental	jiřinou	jiřinami

Further reading

• “jiřina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “jiřina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989