žihadlo

Czech
A žihadlo of a wasp

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech žahadlo, from an earlier unattested *žadlo which was influenced by žahati (“to burn”). From Proto-Slavic *žędlo.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪɦadlo]

Noun

žihadlo n

  1. sting, stinger

Declension
Declension of žihadlo (hard neuter reducible)
singular plural
nominative žihadlo žihadla
genitive žihadla žihadel
dative žihadlu žihadlům
accusative žihadlo žihadla
vocative žihadlo žihadla
locative žihadle, žihadlu žihadlech
instrumental žihadlem žihadly

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “žihadlo”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 819

Further reading
  • žihadlo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • žihadlo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • žihadlo in Internetová jazyková příručka
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