pýcha
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech pýcha, pych, derived from Old Czech pýchati, from Proto-Slavic *pyxati. Related to puchnout, pyj, pysk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpýcha f
- pride
- Synonyms: hrdost, povýšenost, domýšlivost, nadutost, zpupnost
- Dmuli se pýchou. ― They swelled with pride.
Declension
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editSlovak
editEtymology
editCognate with Russian пыхать (pyxatʹ, “to gasp, pant”), Slovene pihati (“to blow”), rare Bulgarian пъхам (pǎham) (пъхтя (pǎhtja), пъшкам (pǎškam, “to gasp, pant”)). Non-Slavic cognates include dialectal Norwegian fusa, fjusa, Danish fuse ud (“gush out”) (from Old Norse fýsa (“to urge, desire”)), Latin pustula, Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyati, “he flourishes”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpýcha f
Declension
editDeclension of pýcha (pattern žena)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “pýcha”, 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, 2003–2024
Categories:
- Czech terms inherited from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Old Czech
- Czech terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech terms with usage examples
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- cs:Personality
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak nouns
- Slovak feminine nouns
- Slovak terms with declension žena
- sk:Personality