See also: pycha and pychą

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech pýcha, pych, derived from Old Czech pýchati, from Proto-Slavic *pyxati. Related to puchnout, pyj, pysk.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpiːxa]
  • Hyphenation: pý‧cha

Noun

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pýcha f

  1. pride
    Synonyms: hrdost, povýšenost, domýšlivost, nadutost, zpupnost
    Dmuli se pýchou.They swelled with pride.

Declension

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Further reading

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

Slovak

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Etymology

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Cognate 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

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Noun

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pýcha f

  1. pride

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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
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