čest
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This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis.
Pronunciation
Noun
čest f
- honor (US), honour (UK) (objectification of praiseworthiness)
- dělat čest / být ke cti někomu ― to do credit / to be a credit to someone
- urážka na cti ― slander, defamation
Declension
Related terms
adjectives
nouns
verbs
Further reading
- “čest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “čest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “čest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь.
Pronunciation
Noun
čest f
- honour
- na svú čest vzieti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- na čsti utrhati ― to disgrace
- chastity
- dignity
- fame
- office, post
- respect
- v/u čsti jmieti ― to respect
Declension
Declension of čest (i-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | čest | čsti | čsti |
| genitive | čsti | čsťú | čstí |
| dative | čsti | čestma | čstem |
| accusative | čest | čsti | čsti |
| vocative | čsti | čsti | čsti |
| locative | čsti | čsťú | čstech |
| instrumental | čsťú | čestma | čestmi |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms
Descendants
- Czech: čest
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “čest”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stъ (“dense, thick”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kimśtas.
Pronunciation
Adjective
čȇst (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст, definite čȇsti, comparative čȅšćī)
Declension
positive indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | čest | česta | često | |
| genitive | česta | česte | česta | |
| dative | čestu | čestoj | čestu | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
čest česta |
čestu | često |
| vocative | čest | česta | često | |
| locative | čestu | čestoj | čestu | |
| instrumental | čestim | čestom | čestim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | česti | česte | česta | |
| genitive | čestih | čestih | čestih | |
| dative | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
| accusative | česte | česte | česta | |
| vocative | česti | česte | česta | |
| locative | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
| instrumental | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
positive definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | česti | česta | često | |
| genitive | čestog(a) | česte | čestog(a) | |
| dative | čestom(u/e) | čestoj | čestom(u/e) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
česti čestog(a) |
čestu | često |
| vocative | česti | česta | često | |
| locative | čestom(e/u) | čestoj | čestom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | čestim | čestom | čestim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | česti | česte | česta | |
| genitive | čestih | čestih | čestih | |
| dative | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
| accusative | česte | česte | česta | |
| vocative | česti | česte | česta | |
| locative | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
| instrumental | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | čestim(a) | |
comparative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | češći | češća | češće | |
| genitive | češćeg(a) | češće | češćeg(a) | |
| dative | češćem(u) | češćoj | češćem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
češći češćeg(a) |
češću | češće |
| vocative | češći | češća | češće | |
| locative | češćem(u) | češćoj | češćem(u) | |
| instrumental | češćim | češćom | češćim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | češći | češće | češća | |
| genitive | češćih | češćih | češćih | |
| dative | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | |
| accusative | češće | češće | češća | |
| vocative | češći | češće | češća | |
| locative | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | |
| instrumental | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | češćim(a) | |
superlative forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | najčešći | najčešća | najčešće | |
| genitive | najčešćeg(a) | najčešće | najčešćeg(a) | |
| dative | najčešćem(u) | najčešćoj | najčešćem(u) | |
| accusative | inanimate animate |
najčešći najčešćeg(a) |
najčešću | najčešće |
| vocative | najčešći | najčešća | najčešće | |
| locative | najčešćem(u) | najčešćoj | najčešćem(u) | |
| instrumental | najčešćim | najčešćom | najčešćim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | najčešći | najčešće | najčešća | |
| genitive | najčešćih | najčešćih | najčešćih | |
| dative | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | |
| accusative | najčešće | najčešće | najčešća | |
| vocative | najčešći | najčešće | najčešća | |
| locative | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | |
| instrumental | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | najčešćim(a) | |
Further reading
- “čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stь.
Noun
čȇst f (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст)
Further reading
- “čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь.
Noun
čest f (Cyrillic spelling чест)