No. 745 in Czech
ledě
"Ledě" is an archaic or poetic form of the Czech word for "ice" (led) in the vocative case.
In a sentence
V ledě zůstaly zamrzlé ryby.
In the ice, the fishes remained frozen.
Here, 'ledě' refers to the location within the ice.
Při přemýšlení se zdálo, že má jeho plán trhliny v ledě.
During his thinking, it seemed that his plan had cracks in the ice.
Here, 'ledě' is used metaphorically to describe the conceptual cracks in his plan.
Po dlouhé zimě se v řece začaly objevovat díry v ledě.
After a long winter, holes began appearing in the river ice.
In this example, 'ledě' denotes the physical ice on the surface of the river.
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