žúžala

Old Czech

Etymology

• žúžela, žížela

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žužeľь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʒuːʒaɫa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈʒiːʒala/

Noun

žúžala f

1. earthworm

Declension

Declension of žúžala (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	žúžala	žúžale	žúžaly
genitive	žúžaly	žúžalú	žúžal
dative	žúžale	žúžalama	žúžalám
accusative	žúžalu	žúžale	žúžaly
vocative	žúžalo	žúžale	žúžaly
locative	žúžale	žúžalú	žúžalách
instrumental	žúžalú	žúžalama	žúžalami

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

Descendants

• Czech: žížala

Further reading

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