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This article treats of Czech word coinage during Czech National Revival in 18th and 19 centuries. Authors coined words to supply vocabulary for sciences, including biology, chemistry, geology and paleontology.

Presl, Purkyně and Amerling

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Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791-1849) coined many words for biological terminology. New words included blizna, bylina, hlíza, kalich, keř, medník, oddenek, okolík, prašník, pupen, stéblo, stvol, štěp, and tyčinka.

Jan Svatopluk Presl also coined many words for chemical terminology, including chemical suffixes.

Jan Svatopluk Presl also coined many words in geology and paleontology.

Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869) was another contributor to Czech terminology.

Karel Slavoj Amerling (1807-1884) contributed to terminology of chemistry, zoology and botany.

TBD: Presl's brother also played a role, sources suggest.

Metánovský

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Jakub Hron Metánovský (1840–1921) coined many new words that did not enter mainstream use. New coinages included the following, grouped by categories.

Miscellaneous (to be refined later):

  • bažák (student)
  • myslivíř (student)
  • bedlivák (student)
  • knihovtipník (student)
  • zpyták(teacher)
  • pozorovák (school inspector)
  • libomudravna (philosophy)
  • libomudrun (philosopher)
  • lepšišťan (optimist)
  • horšišťan (pessimist)
  • konba (acting)
  • žijba (living)
  • čujba (perception)
  • určba (determination)
  • myselba (thought)
  • rozborava (analysis?)
  • přítaž (attraction)
  • odpud (repulsion)
  • buňát (inkpot)
  • hráněpisna (stereometry)
  • měravna (geometry)
  • výrokavna (something in philosophy)
  • větavna (something in philosophy)
  • souvětavna (something in philosophy)
  • lazuto[1] (some kind of invention)
  • vzduchada (some kind of aircraft)
  • hronoid (some kind of hat, an invention)
  • muhatka[2] (some kind of invention)
  • výsuvka[3] (in planar geometry)
  • metavka[4] (in planar geometry)
  • nadházka[5] (in planar geometry)
  • ruťáty[6] (in 3D geometry)
  • kosáty[7] (in 3D geometry)
  • křiváty[8] (in 3D geometry)
  • bezdílát (atom)
  • vevratna[9] (in physics)
  • vrobava (in physics)
  • nedroba (in physics)
  • háma (in physics)
  • tenýr (in physics)
  • pudava
  • citava
  • dušva
  • jazun
  • bytava
  • zestvoba
  • zénava
  • čava[10] (principle)
  • čava čavatá
  • jacháda[11] (procedure or method)
  • lichura
  • něcát (entity? being?)
  • covát (something in philosophy?)
  • každát (something in philosophy?)
  • rozeznava[12] (in philosophy)
  • jedinát[13] (in philosophy)
  • totožnosta[14] (in philosophy)
  • hamitenstvo[15] (materialism)
  • věčatenstvo[16] (realism)
  • vidinatentstvo[17] (idealism)
  • javárna
  • dějárna
  • umba umby
  • hotitel
  • nosohlenoplena (handkerchief)
  • mluno (elektřina)
  • černec (coffee)
  • součtur[18] (colleague)

Linguistics:

  • zovák (nominative)
  • zovec (nominative)
  • jmenovák (nominative)
  • zvák (nominative)
  • zvoch (nominative)
  • čehák (genitive)
  • plodák (genitive)
  • plodoch (genitive)
  • dajník (dative)
  • dajec (dative)
  • dajoch (dative)
  • čemák (dative)
  • žalák (accusative)
  • žadák (accusative)
  • žalec (accusative)
  • žaloch (accusative)
  • volák (vocative)
  • volec (vocative)
  • křičák (vocative)
  • mísťák (locative)
  • místoch (locative)
  • lohák (locative)
  • ložec (locative)
  • stroják (instrumental)
  • strojoch (instrumental)
  • číman (instrumental)

Rank

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Josef Rank (1833-1912) is reported to have possibly coined the following[19]:

  • jmenovatel (nominative)
  • roditel (genitive); the author reporting the list proposed přisvojník
  • davatel (dative); the author reporting the list proposed darovník and darník
  • vinitel (accussative); the author reporting the list proposed předmětník
  • volatel (vocative)
  • místník (locative)
  • nástrojník (instrumental)

Miscellaneous

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  • citoň (nose). Kott 1887 says "Navrhl Ros."

Further reading

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