hrst
See also: hrsť
Czech
FWOTD – 24 March 2017
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hrst, from Proto-Slavic *gъrstь, from Proto-Slavic *gъr-t-, from Proto-Slavic *gъrtati, which comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to gather”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic гръсть (grŭstĭ), Serbo-Croatian gȓst, Russian горсть (gorstʹ), Polish garść and Slovak hrsť (“handful”).[1] Compare Czech hrnout (“to push, to plough”) and Bulgarian гръсти (grǎsti, “hemp bundle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦr̩st]
- Rhymes: -r̩st
Noun
hrst f
- human palm bent into a form of a bowl or grasping something [from 14th c.]
- 1933, Karel Čapek, Dášeňka čili život štěněte:
- Když se to narodilo, bylo to jenom takové bílé nic, do hrsti se to vešlo; ale anžto to mělo pár černých ušisek a vzadu ocásek, uznali jsme, že to je psisko, a protože jsme si přáli mít psí holčičku, dali jsme tomu jméno Dášeňka.
- When it was born, it was a little white nothing that could fit in the palm of your hand. However, since it had a pair of black ears it could be recognized as a dog. And since she was female, I decided to name her Dasenka. (Quoted from an English edition of the book)
- handful (the amount that a hand will grasp or contain)
- a little or a few
- 1927, Karel Čapek, Kritika slov, Praha: Aventinum, page 14:
- Rádo se mluví o horečném chvatu a zmatku velkoměsta; jsou illusionisté, kteří horečný kvap a zmatek nalézají dokonce v Praze — stačí jim k tomu patrně tramway, obchodní sluha s vozíkem, drožka a hrst lidí.
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Related terms
- přehršel
- přehršl
References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “hrst”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 237
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