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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech jedva, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva. Doublet of ledva.
Pronunciation
Adverb
jedva
- 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
Adverb
jedva
- hardly (barely, only just)
Descendants
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jêdʋa/
- Hyphenation: jed‧va
Adverb
jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)
- barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
- only just, recently, just now