bavlna

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bavlna, borrowed 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]

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• 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

Declension of bavlna (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	bavlna	bavlny
genitive	bavlny	bavln
dative	bavlně	bavlnám
accusative	bavlnu	bavlny
vocative	bavlno	bavlny
locative	bavlně	bavlnách
instrumental	bavlnou	bavlnami

Derived terms

• bavlněný

 

Related terms

• bavlník

 

Further reading

• “bavlna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “bavlna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “bavlna”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• bavľna (alternative writing)
• vavlna

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German boumwolle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbaʋl̩na/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbavl̩na/

Noun

bavlna f

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

Declension

Declension of bavlna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bavlna	bavlně	bavlny
genitive	bavlny	bavlnú	bavln
dative	bavlně	bavlnama	bavlnám
accusative	bavlnu	bavlně	bavlny
vocative	bavlno	bavlně	bavlny
locative	bavlně	bavlnú	bavlnách
instrumental	bavlnú	bavlnama	bavlnami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: bavlna

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bavlna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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

Declension of bavlna

	singular	plural
nominative	bavlna	bavlny
genitive	bavlny	bavĺn
dative	bavlne	bavlnám
accusative	bavlnu	bavlny
locative	bavlne	bavlnách
instrumental	bavlnou	bavlnami

References

• “bavlna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024