duben
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech duben, from Proto-Slavic *dǫbьnъ. By surface analysis, dub + -en. This term derives from the Czech word for "oak," which is dub.
The reason for this connection is that April is the time of year when oak trees typically shed their old leaves and begin to grow new ones. This prominent sign of renewal and the reawakening of nature is why the Czechs associated the month with the oak tree.
This naming convention, where month names are derived from natural phenomena or agricultural activities common during that time, is a characteristic of the traditional Slavic calendar, to which Czech belongs. Unlike many other European languages that adopted Latin-based month names, Czech (along with Croatian, Polish, and Ukrainian) has largely retained its original Slavic month names.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editduben m inan (relational adjective dubnový)
Declension
editDerived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
editOld Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *dǫbьnъ. By surface analysis, dub + -en.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editduben m inan
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | duben | dubny | dubni, dubnové |
genitive | dubna, dubnu | dubnú | dubnóv |
dative | dubnu | dubnoma | dubnóm |
accusative | duben | dubny | dubny |
vocative | dubne | dubny | dubni, dubnové |
locative | dubně, dubnu | dubnú | dubniech |
instrumental | dubnem | dubnoma | dubny |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
edit- Czech: duben
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “duben”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
editParticiple
editduben (Cyrillic spelling дубен)
- Czech terms inherited from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Old Czech
- Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms suffixed with -en
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech nouns with reducible stem
- cs:Gregorian calendar months
- cs:Months
- Old Czech terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Czech terms suffixed with -en
- Old Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Czech lemmas
- Old Czech nouns
- Old Czech masculine nouns
- Old Czech inanimate nouns
- Old Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Old Czech hard masculine o-stem nouns
- Old Czech nouns with reducible stem
- zlw-ocs:Gregorian calendar months
- zlw-ocs:Months
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian participles