drť
Czech
FWOTD – 15 July 2021
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech drt (“crushed material”),[1] from Proto-Slavic *dьrati, from Proto-Indo-European *der-.[2] See also the verb drát.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdr̩c]
- Rhymes: -r̩c
Noun
drť f
- disintegrated or crushed material, for example grit [since 15th c.]
- 1869, Filip Stanislav Kodym, Úvod do hospodářství: hospodářská čítanka, Praha: Mikuláš & Knapp, page 8–9:
- Mezi tím co jemná mrť se tvořila, nezůstala ovšem ve spod skála na pokoji. Pukřila pomalu, rozpadajíc se v drobty a prach či jedním slovem, v drť.
- While fine soil was being created, the rock underneath did not stay still. It was decaying slowly, being disintegrated into crumbs and dust or, in one word, grit.
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Declension
Related terms
References
- "drtit" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 158.
- "drát" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 156.
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