čára

See also: cara, Cara, cará, carā, căra, and çara

Czech

Etymology

Probably 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃaːra/
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Noun

čára f

  1. line
  2. threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ "čára" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
  2. ↑ čára in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

  • čára in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • čára in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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