cihla

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech cihla, from Middle High German ziegel (German Ziegel), ultimately from Latin tēgula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɪɦla]
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Hyphenation: cih‧la

Noun

cihla f

brick (block for building)
nepálené cihly ― dried bricks

pálené cihly ― fired bricks

Declension

Declension of cihla (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	cihla	cihly
genitive	cihly	cihel
dative	cihle	cihlám
accusative	cihlu	cihly
vocative	cihlo	cihly
locative	cihle	cihlách
instrumental	cihlou	cihlami

Related terms

Further reading

cihla in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
cihla in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Alternative forms

tihla

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German ziegel (German Ziegel), ultimately from Latin tēgula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈt͡siɣɫa/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈt͡siɦla/

Noun

cihla f

brick
žžené cihly ― fired bricks
roof tile
plate

Declension

Declension of cihla (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cihla	cihle	cihly
genitive	cihly	cihlú	cihel
dative	cihle	cihlama	cihlám
accusative	cihlu	cihle	cihly
vocative	cihlo	cihle	cihly
locative	cihle	cihlú	cihlách
instrumental	cihlú	cihlama	cihlami

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

Descendants

Czech: cihla

Further reading

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

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