rynk
Czech edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German rinc (“a town square”), originally “a ring”.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rynk m inan
- (dated) square, an open space in a town [from 14th c.]
- Synonym: náměstí
- 1877, Jakub Malý, “Heidelius”, in Vlastenský slovník historický[1], Praha: Rohlíček & Sievers, pages 163–165:
- Tu stavové sebravše se v několika stech koních jeli jsou v noci na rynk Staroměstský, a radnici se všech stran obstavivše do vnitř vrazili.
- In that moment the noblemen, having gathered on several hundred horses, went to the Old Town Square, and having surrounded the town hall they stormed inside.
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References edit
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “ryn(e)k”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 608