čas

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech čas, from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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Noun

čas m inan (related adjective časový)

  1. time
    čas na rozmyšlenoutime for reflection
    věnovat často devote the time (to)
    Kdybych měl čas a peníze, jel bych do Evropy na dovolenou.If I had the time and money, I would go to Europe on vacation.
  2. time (particular occasion)
    Je čas spát.It's time to sleep.
  3. (grammar) tense
    budoucí časfuture tense
    minulý časpast tense

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • čas in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • čas in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • čas in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃas/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈt͡ʃas/

Noun

čas m inan

  1. time
    1. moment in time
    2. length of time
    3. length of someone's rule or life
    4. time of year; season
    5. (religion) period of the church year
    6. month
    7. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. day
    8. hour
    9. deadline
    10. date
  2. (grammar) tense
  3. (phonology) weight; length of a syllable

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: čas

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Noun

čȁs m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏с)

  1. moment
    Synonym: trenutak
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia) hour
    Synonym: sat
  3. (Bosnia, Serbia) lesson, period
    Synonym: sat
  4. (Croatia, regional) time
    Synonym: vrijeme

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • čas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

čas m inan (genitive singular času, nominative plural časy, genitive plural čias, časov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. time
  2. time (particular occasion)
    Už je čas spať.It’s time to sleep.
  3. tense

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • čas”, 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, 2024

Slovene

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

čȁs m inan

  1. time
  2. season
    lẹ̑tni čȁsseason
  3. (linguistics) tense

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. čȁs
gen. sing. čása
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
čȁs čása čási
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
čása čásov čásov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
čásu čásoma čásom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
čȁs čása čáse
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
čásu čásih čásih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
čásom čásoma čási

Derived terms

Further reading

  • čas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • čas”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *časъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

čas m inan

  1. time

Further reading

  • čas” in Soblex