králík
Czech
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Etymology
[edit]Diminutive of král (“king”) (as král + -ík), formed as a calque of Middle High German küniclīn, understood by folk etymology to be a diminutive of künic (“king”), despite being in fact derived from Latin cunīculus (“rabbit”) with uncertain origin.[1][2] Compare Polish królik, Lower Sorbian kralik, and Slovak králik.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]králík m anim (relational adjective králičí, diminutive králíček)
Declension
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[edit]See also
[edit]- zajíc m
References
[edit]- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “králík”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Further reading
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- Czech terms suffixed with -ík
- Czech terms calqued from Middle High German
- Czech terms derived from Middle High German
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech diminutive nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech velar-stem masculine animate nouns
- cs:Lagomorphs
- cs:Rabbits