príčina

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Old Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pričina. First attested in 1479.

Noun

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príčina f

  1. condition, requirement
  2. cause, reason
  3. grounds, motive
  4. origin, beginning
  5. event; matter, affair
  6. (law) case (legal proceeding)
  7. guilt, fault, blame

Descendants

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  • Slovak: príčina

References

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  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “príčina”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak príčina, from Proto-Slavic *pričina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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príčina f

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive

Declension

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Further reading

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  • príčina”, 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, 2024