běnky

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• bienky

Etymology

Uncertain, ESSJa considered from Proto-Slavic *běnъky which ultimately from verbal stem *biti. Compare dialectal Russian бени (beni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbi̯ɛnkɨ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbjɛnki/

Noun

běnky f pl

1. swift (reel used to hold yarn)

Declension

Declension of běnky (pl-only hard a-stem reducible)

	plural
nominative	běnky
genitive	běnek
dative	běnkám
accusative	běnky
vocative	běnky
locative	běnkách
instrumental	běnkami

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

Further reading

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