sedlka

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• sedłka (alternative writing)

Etymology

From sedlo +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈsɛdɫka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈsɛdl̩ka/

Noun

sedlka f

1. the wife of a farmer
2. peasant woman, peasant girl

Declension

Declension of sedlka (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sedlka	sedlcě	sedlky
genitive	sedlky	sedlkú	sedlek
dative	sedlcě	sedlkama	sedlkám
accusative	sedlku	sedlcě	sedlky
vocative	sedlko	sedlcě	sedlky
locative	sedlcě	sedlkú	sedlkách
instrumental	sedlkú	sedlkama	sedlkami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: selka

See also

• sedlák

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “sedlka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění