Macha´s neologisms in "May"

Discussion in 'General Language' started by wtn, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. wtn

    wtn New Member

    which are they? I have only found info that there are many, but i can´t identify any of them myself.
    thnx!
     
  2. wer

    wer Well-Known Member

    Do you think only the particular poem?

    I don’t think it’s abundant of neologisms. I did find only some words (ohromna, tvor, ozvěna, zář, touha…) comming from Jungmann which were considered neologisms at that time, but now they are an integral part of the standard Czech.
     
  3. wtn

    wtn New Member


    Some of the words for colours that he uses in this particular poem are supposed to be neologisms.
     
  4. Eleshar

    Eleshar Well-Known Member

    Well, the difficult part is to know what was a neologism in Mácha's days which is about 150 years ago 8)
     

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