Talk:dezolate

RFV discussion: August–December 2023
Added by an Czech IP and claimed to be a borrowing from Czech, doesn't look like it's actually used in English. lattermint (talk) 12:18, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * WIll we need to RFV the Czech word too? It was also created today by the same IP. What's its etymology? Do we know? — Soap — 23:10, 18 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Well, this word is in the dictionary of the Institute for the Czech Language. And I have provided several citations from media. 185.15.110.102 02:42, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't know why but I cannot add citations to it. Therefore I have stored them here. Could you add them in the citation page, please? 185.15.110.102 02:39, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I put them on citations page. None of them are what we describe as "durably archived" though. This, that and the other (talk) 07:41, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * If we do keep the Czech word dezolát then what’s its etymology (from desolate)? --Overlordnat1 (talk) 08:30, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't know. The dictionary doesn't say that. In Czech dictionaries, it is not usual to describe ethymology. There are already words without ethymology in that dictionary (like hulvát). In Czech there are diferent words that could work as an origin – dezolovat, dezinformace, … I don't think it is recorded by anyone. But it is used in the language (as provided by examples in quite important Czech media). 185.15.110.102 12:18, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
 * PS: According to Dr. Oliva, the word is related to the word ‘dezolátní’(the word could be translated as dilapidated). 185.15.110.102 12:22, 19 August 2023 (UTC)


 * RFV failed Denazz (talk) 19:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC)