kušě

Old Czech

Etymology

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkuʃi̯ɛ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkuʃɛ/

Noun

kušě f

  1. dog with docked tail
  2. crossbow
  3. (prosody, phonology, hapax legomenon) syncope (absence of a sound)

Declension

Declension of kušě (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kušě kuši kušě
genitive kušě kušú kuší, kuš
dative kuši kušěma kušiem
accusative kušu kuši kušě
vocative kuše kuši kušě
locative kuši kušú kušiech
instrumental kušú kušěma kušěmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

  • Czech: kuše

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968), “kuše”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 309

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