čára
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cara"
Czech
editEtymology
editProbably 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
editNoun
editčára f
- line
- threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “čára”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda