rojník
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See also: rojnik
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From roj + -ník. The noun roj comes from Proto-Slavic *rojь (originally probably “current”), which comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to flow”). See also zdroj, řeka, řinout, ráj.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rojník m anim
- (rugby) forward [20th c.]
- Antonym: útočník
- 2015 October 3, Miloslav Novák, “Ragbyový slovníček: rozumíte, když se řekne skládka? A kdo je rojník?”, in Lidovky.cz[1]:
- Rojníci odvádějí černou práci, aby za nimi seřazení útočníci měli možnost překonat obranu.
- Forwards do the dirty job, so that the backs lined up behind them had a chance to overcome the defense.
- 2015, Radka Knotková, Rozbití andělé[2], Host–vydavatelství, translation of Broken Angels by Graham Masterton, →ISBN, page 200:
- Husté kudrnaté vlasy mu zešedly a se zlomeným nosem vypadal jako zkrachovalý boxer, nikoli jako silný rojník z druhé řady.
- His thick curly hair grew grey and with his broken nose he looked like a ruined boxer, not like a strong second-row forward.
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “roj”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 597
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