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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech láska, from Proto-Slavic *laska, *laskati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s-.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːska]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːska

Noun

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láska f

  1. love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
    Antonym: nenávist
  2. love (object of one’s romantic feelings)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “láska”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • láska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • láska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • láska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *laska.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɫaːska/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlaːska/

Noun

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láska f

  1. love
    býti v něčí láscěto be in someone's favour
    spásti láskú na něčsoto come to like something
    vjíti v lásku(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    vypásti z lásky(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    obnoviti něčú lásku(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. respectful addressing

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: láska

See also

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Further reading

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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láska f

  1. (Przemyśl) Alternative form of laska (churn stick) (stick in a butter churn)

Further reading

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  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “láska”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *làska.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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láska f (diminutive lásočka)

  1. love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
    Antonym: nenávisť
  2. love (object of one’s romantic feelings)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • láska”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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