jedva

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jedva, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva. Doublet of ledva.

Pronunciation

Adverb

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)
    Synonyms: sotva, stěží, ledva

Further reading

  • jedva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • jedva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva. Doublet of ledva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjɛdʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjɛdva/

Adverb

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)

Descendants

  • Czech: jedva

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêdʋa/
  • Hyphenation: jed‧va

Adverb

jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
  2. only just, recently, just now