leč
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech leč, from Proto-Slavic *lěče. Compare Polish lecz.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editleč
See also
editFurther reading
editOld Czech
editAlternative forms
edit- ľeč (alternative writing)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *lěče. Compare Old Polish lecz.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editleč
- Repeated, disjunctive conjunction; either... or... let
- 14th century, O Jetřichovi Berúnském[1]:
- Jáť udeřím, več tna ránu,
leč buď kámen, leč buď v stěnu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Limiting conjunction; unless
- Restrictive conjunction; only
Descendants
edit- Czech: leč
References
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “leč”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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