Hejčín

Czech

Etymology

From personal name Hajka + possessive suffix -ín, meaning "Hajka's property". The name Hajka is related to háj (“grove”).

The name of the village was first recorded in 1078 as Gaychin, all later forms are written with H, for example Haychin (1275), Haječín (1437) or Hagczin (1517). The first vowel "a" changed later into "e", which was first recorded in 1595 (Heyčzyn). Current spelling Hejčín was first recorded in 1872.

Hejčín belongs to the group of toponyms in the close surrounding of Olomouc suffixed with -ín (most of which are nowadays parts of Olomouc), compare Břuchotín, Droždín, Hněvotín, Neředín, Řepčín, Slavonín or Třebčín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛjt͡ʃiːn]
• Hyphenation: Hej‧čín

Proper noun

Hejčín m inan (related adjective hejčínský)

1. a former village, nowadays a quarter of the city of Olomouc
   • 2013, Michal Sýkora, Modré stíny, Host, page 259:

     Za čtyřproudovkou viděl zástavbu Hejčína s krásnou štíhlou věží kostela svatého Cyrila a Metoděje.

     Behind the four-lane highway he saw the buildings of Hejčín with the beautiful slender steeple of the church of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Declension

Declension of Hejčín (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Hejčín
genitive	Hejčína
dative	Hejčínu
accusative	Hejčín
vocative	Hejčíne
locative	Hejčíně
instrumental	Hejčínem

Derived terms

• Hejčínští