dobrý

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See also: dobry

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech dobrý, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dob‧rý

Adjective

dobrý (comparative lepší, superlative nejlepší, adverb dobře)

  1. good
    Dobrý den ― Hello (literally "good day")
    Dobrou chuť ― bon appetit
  2. (not comparable) the third best mark in the 5-grade scale at Czech schools

Declension

Declension of dobrý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative dobrý dobrá dobré
genitive dobrého dobré dobrého
dative dobrému dobré dobrému
accusative dobrého dobrý dobrou dobré
locative dobrém dobré dobrém
instrumental dobrým dobrou dobrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative dobří dobré dobrá
genitive dobrých
dative dobrým
accusative dobré dobrá
locative dobrých
instrumental dobrými

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈdobrɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈdobriː/, /ˈdobrɛj/

Adjective

dobrý (short dobr, comparative lepší, short comparative lepí, superlative najlepší, short superlative najlepí)

  1. good
    dobrý den ― good day
    dobré jutro / dobrojtro ― good morning
    dobrý večer ― good evening

Declension

Declension of dobrý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dobrý dobrá dobré
genitive dobrého dobré dobrého
dative dobrému dobřiej, dobréj dobrému
accusative dobrého, dobrý dobrú dobré
locative dobřiem, dobrém dobřiej, dobréj dobřiem, dobrém
instrumental dobrým dobrú dobrým
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dobrá dobřiej, dobréj
genitive dobrú
dative dobrýma
accusative dobrá dobřiej, dobréj
locative dobrú
instrumental dobrýma
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative dobří dobré dobrá
genitive dobrých
dative dobrým
accusative dobré dobrá
locative dobrých
instrumental dobrými

Descendants

  • Czech: dobrý

Further reading

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Adjective

dobrý (comparative lepší, superlative najlepší)

  1. good (apt, as wanted or expected)
  2. good (moral, ethical)
  3. good (satisfactory in quality (taste), suitable for the given purpose; excellent, valuable, quality)
  4. (of people or their social class) noble
  5. good (kind, nice, willing to help)
  6. good (useful, beneficial)
  7. good (favorable, pleasant, satisfactory, positive)
  8. (of a relationship) good (stable; strong; healthy)
  9. (of a measurement) good (having a large size; lasting a long time)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “dobrý”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak dobrý, from Proto-Slavic *dobrъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dobrý (comparative lepší, superlative najlepší, adverb dobre)

  1. good

Declension

Declension of dobrý (hard-long)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative dobrý dobrá dobré
genitive dobrého dobrej dobrého
dative dobrému dobrej dobrému
accusative dobrého dobrý dobrú dobré
locative dobrom dobrej dobrom
instrumental dobrým dobrou dobrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative dobrí dobré
genitive dobrých
dative dobrým
accusative dobrých dobré
locative dobrých
instrumental dobrými

Further reading

  • “dobrý”, 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
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