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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech cuzí, from Proto-Slavic *ťuďь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *t(j)autāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cizí
- strange, unfamiliar (not yet part of one's experience)
- Synonym: neznámý
- Antonym: vlastní
- být v cizí kůži ― to be in someone else's shoes
- foreign
- cizí měny ― foreign currencies
- cizí země ― foreign countries
Declension
Declension of cizí (soft)
| singular
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masculine animate
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masculine inanimate
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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cizí
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cizí
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cizí
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| genitive
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cizího
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cizí
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cizího
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| dative
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cizímu
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cizí
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cizímu
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| accusative
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cizího
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cizí
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cizí
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cizí
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| locative
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cizím
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cizí
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cizím
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| instrumental
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cizím
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cizí
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cizím
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| plural
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masculine animate
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masculine inanimate
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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cizí
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cizí
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cizí
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| genitive
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cizích
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| dative
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cizím
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| accusative
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cizí
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cizí
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| locative
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cizích
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| instrumental
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cizími
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Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “cizí”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “cizí”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “cizí”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)