žábra

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian жабры (žabry). First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒaːbra]

Noun

žábra f

  1. gill (breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals)

Declension

Declension of žábra (hard feminine quant-alt reducible)
singular plural
nominative žábra žábry
genitive žábry žaber
dative žábře žábrám
accusative žábru žábry
vocative žábro žábry
locative žábře žábrách
instrumental žábrou žábrami

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “žábra”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 814

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