březen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech břězen, from Proto-Slavic *berzьnъ (“March; April”), from *berza (“birch”), which starts to bud (and give sap) in March,[1][2] + *-ьnъ. Alternatively, it might be derived from březí (“gravid”), because livestock are usually pregnant ("gravid") in March.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]březen m inan (related adjective březnový)
Declension
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[edit]See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) měsíc gregoriánského kalendáře; leden, únor, březen, duben, květen, červen, červenec, srpen, září, říjen, listopad, prosinec (Category: cs:Months)
References
[edit]- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “březen”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
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