kostrč

Czech
FWOTD – 8 April 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kostrьcь which is from Proto-Slavic *kostra (“skeleton”). This probably comes from several intermingling sources: from Proto-Slavic *kostr-, *kostь (“bone”) and at the same time the root *kes-, which is from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scratch”). The present Czech form kostrč was probably also influenced by the word trčet (“stick out”).[1] Compare kost, kostra and kostrbatý.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkostr̩t͡ʃ]
  • Hyphenation: ko‧s‧trč

Noun

kostrč f

  1. tailbone, coccyx [from 14th c.]
    • 2009, Ivan Dylevský, Speciální kineziologie‎, Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:
      Kostrč je malá trojúhelníkovitá kost tvořící zakončení páteře.
      The tailbone is a small triangular bone forming an end of the spine.

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative kostrč kostrče
genitive kostrče kostrčí
dative kostrči kostrčím
accusative kostrč kostrče
vocative kostrči kostrče
locative kostrči kostrčích
instrumental kostrčí kostrčemi

Synonyms
  • kostřec (obsolete)

Derived terms
  • kostrční

References
  1. "kostrč" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 337.

Further reading
  • kostrč in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kostrč in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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