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hodváb

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Slovak

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Etymology

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From late Proto-Slavic *gъd(o)vabjь, borrowed from an Old Germanic language like Old Saxon godowebbi or Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌱𐌹 (*gudawabi). The Old Germanic word is a compound of *gudą (god) +‎ *wabją (web) with the meaning “god cloth, cloth for religious use”. Compare cognates Czech hedvábí, Russian and Serbian Old Church Slavonic годовабль (godovablĭ).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɦɔdvaːp]
  • Rhymes: -aːp
  • Hyphenation: hod‧váb

Noun

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hodváb m inan (related adjective hodvábny, diminutive hodvábik)

  1. silk

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “hodváb”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 202
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “годовабль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Further reading

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  • hodváb”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024