tečka

See also: tecka, Tecka, and TECKA

English

Etymology

From the Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Noun

tečka (plural tečky)

  1. (rare, only in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech, superseded by the háček) A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalisation).
    • 1977, Folia Slavica, I-II, page 82:
      Unsystematic use of diacritics (the háček (ˇ), čárka (´), tečka (˙)) marks the Strahov copy…as no earlier than mid-15th century.

Coordinate terms

  • (Czech diacritics): čárka (´), háček (ˇ), kroužek (˚), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (˙)

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Coined during Czech National Revival, based on Russian то́чка (tóčka), sharing origin with tknout, týkat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛt͡ʃka]
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Noun

tečka f

  1. dot, point, spot
  2. period, full stop (at the end of a sentence)
  3. tittle (such as over i and j)
  4. dot (diacritic), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

See also

References

  1. "tečka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading

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