čára
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Probably derived from čáry (“magic”), čarovat (“to conjure”), meaning a magical line, e.g. the delineation of a magic circle.[1] Possibly connected also with Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).[2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
čára f
- line
- threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ "čára" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007