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dav.

crowd (group of people)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Čeština language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈdaf]
  1. crowd (group of people)

    inanimate · masculine
    On zmizel v davu.
Where this word comes from

Related to Russian да́вка (dávka), дави́ть (davítʹ). Omitting several steps, from Proto-Slavic *daviti, whence also Czech dávit (which, however, had lost the meaning to press). Compare typologically Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)); English throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); English crowd. Also note Russian гурьба́ (gurʹbá) (related to Serbo-Croatian гурати (per Anikin uncertain)).

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