bavlna

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech bavlna, from Middle High German boumwolle, whence German Baumwolle. The word is a partial calque, the second part having been assimilated to vlna (wool).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbavl̩na]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧vl‧na

Noun

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)
    Je to čistá bavlna?Is it pure cotton?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bavlna in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • bavlna in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • vavlna

Etymology

From Middle High German boumwolle.

Noun

bavlna f

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: bavlna

Further reading


Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Polish bawełna.

Noun

bavlna f (genitive singular bavlny, nominative plural bavlny, genitive plural bavĺn, declension pattern of žena)

  1. cotton (the textile made from the fiber harvested from the cotton plant)

Declension

References

  • bavlna in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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