pampeliška

Czech

Alternative forms
  • pampeluška, pampuliška, pampaluška, pamprléška, pamprlica, pampliška (dialectal)

Etymology

Uncertain.[1] Probably related to German Pampelblume, Pompelblume, see today's German Pappenstiel. Possibly also related to Old Czech pléška (“dandelion”), which is derived from pleš (“baldness”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpampɛlɪʃka]
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃka
  • Hyphenation: pam‧pe‧li‧š‧ka

Noun

pampeliška f

  1. dandelion
    Synonym: smetánka

Declension
Declension of pampeliška (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative pampeliška pampelišky
genitive pampelišky pampelišek
dative pampelišce pampeliškám
accusative pampelišku pampelišky
vocative pampeliško pampelišky
locative pampelišce pampeliškách
instrumental pampeliškou pampeliškami

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

Further reading
  • pampeliška in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pampeliška in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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