vrhcáb

Old Czech

Etymology

From vrhati (“a throw”) + cáb; a partial calque of Middle High German wurfzabel = wurf (“a throw”) + zabel (“a board”), from Latin tabula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋr̩ɣt͡saːb/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈvr̩xt͡saːp/

Noun

vrhcáb m inan

1. die (polyhedron used in games of chance)

Declension

Declension of vrhcáb (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	vrhcáb	vrhcáby	vrhcábi, vrhcábové
genitive	vrhcába, vrhcábu	vrhcábú	vrhcábóv
dative	vrhcábu	vrhcáboma	vrhcábóm
accusative	vrhcáb	vrhcáby	vrhcáby
vocative	vrhcábe	vrhcáby	vrhcábi, vrhcábové
locative	vrhcábě, vrhcábu	vrhcábú	vrhcábiech
instrumental	vrhcábem	vrhcáboma	vrhcáby

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

Descendants

• Czech: vrhcáby

Further reading

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