šelma
Appearance
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle High German schelme.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]šelma f
- beast of prey
- (zoology) carnivore (mammal belonging to the order Carnivora)
- psovitá šelma ― canid
- kočkovitá šelma ― feline
- medvědovitá šelma ― ursid
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
nouns
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “šelma”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 604