Tečka

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: tÄ•chʹkÉ™, IPA: /ˈtÉ›t͡ʃkÉ™/
• UK enPR: tÄ•chʹkă, IPA: /ˈtÉ›t͡ʃka/

Origin

From the Czech tečka ("dot”, “point”, “spot”; “period”, “full stop”; “tittle”; “dot” (diacritic), “tečka").

Full definition of tečka

Noun

1. (rare, only in reference to the diacritic’s historical use in Czech, superseded by the háček) A dot diacritic (used to mark consonantal palatalization).
• 1977, Folia Slavica I–II, page 82:Unsystematic use of diacritics (the háček (ˇ), čárka (´), tečka (Ë™)) marks the Strahov copy…as no earlier than mid-15th century.

Coordinate terms

• (Czech diacritics) čárka (´), háček (ˇ), kroužek (Ëš), tečka (Ë™)