tečka en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- tĕchʹkă (UK)
- /ˈtɛt͡ʃka/ (UK)
- tĕchʹkə (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɛt͡ʃkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From the Czech tečka (“dot, point, spot; period, full stop; tittle; dot (diacritic), tečka”).
Meanings
-
(in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech, rare) A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalisation).
Unsystematic use of diacritics (the háček (ˇ), čárka (´), tečka (˙)) marks the Strahov copy…as no earlier than mid-15th century.
1977, Folia Slavica, I-II, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tečky | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
čárka (Czech diacritics) · háček (Czech diacritics) · kroužek (Czech diacritics)