celibát

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See also: celibat and célibat

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin caelibātus (“celibacy, a single life”), from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ce‧li‧bát

Noun

celibát m inan (relational adjective celibátní)

  1. celibacy (state of being unmarried)
  2. (figuratively) abstinence (abstaining from sexual relations)

Declension

Declension of celibát (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative celibát celibáty
genitive celibátu celibátů
dative celibátu celibátům
accusative celibát celibáty
vocative celibáte celibáty
locative celibátě, celibátu celibátech
instrumental celibátem celibáty

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “celibát”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “celibát”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “celibát” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • “celibát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
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