grešle

See also: gresle

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gröschel (“small Groschen”). First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛʃlɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gre‧š‧le

Noun

grešle f

  1. an obsolete small coin worth 1⁄4 of a Groschen.
    Nestojí to za zlámanou grešli. ― It's not worth a tinker's damn.

Declension

Declension of grešle (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative grešle grešle
genitive grešle grešlí
dative grešli grešlím
accusative grešli grešle
vocative grešle grešle
locative grešli grešlích
instrumental grešlí grešlemi

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “grešle”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 208

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