chtivý

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See also: -chtivý

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xъtivъjь.[1]By surface analysis, chtít (to want) +‎ -ivý.

Pronunciation

Adjective

chtivý (comparative chtivější, superlative nejchtivější, adverb chtivě)

  1. greedy

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xъtivъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 152

Further reading

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