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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hodný, from Proto-Slavic *godьnъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hodný (comparative hodnější, superlative nejhodnější, adverb hodně)
- good, kind
- Synonyms: dobrý, milý
- Antonyms: špatný, zlý
- Byl byste tak hodný a... ― Would you be so kind and...
- Byli na mne hodní. ― They were kind to me.
- obedient, well-behaved
- Synonym: poslušný
- Antonym: zlobivý
- Vaše děti jsou hodné. ― Your children are well-behaved.
- (with genitive object) worthy
- Antonym: nehodný
- Není tě hoden. ― He's not worthy of you.
Usage notes
- The meaning worthy often uses only the short forms (hoden), whereas the other meanings usually don't use them.
Declension
Declension of hodný (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hodný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hodný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hodný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)