píšťala

== Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of pistole. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpiːʃcala] Hyphenation: pí‧š‧ťa‧la === Noun === píšťala f whistle (device used to make a whistling sound) (historical) a rudimentary hand cannon used in the early 15th century, especially during the Hussite Wars. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: pistole French: pistole → English: pistol → Italian: pistola === Further reading === “píšťala”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “píšťala”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “píšťala”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026