jiný

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See also: jiny

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jiný, from Proto-Slavic *jьnъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

jiný

  1. different
    Antonym: stejný
    úplně jiný ― completely different
    Máte to v jiné barvě? ― Do you have it in a different color?

Declension

Declension of jiný (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative jiný jiná jiné
genitive jiného jiné jiného
dative jinému jiné jinému
accusative jiného jiný jinou jiné
locative jiném jiné jiném
instrumental jiným jinou jiným
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative jiní jiné jiná
genitive jiných
dative jiným
accusative jiné jiná
locative jiných
instrumental jinými

See also

Further reading

  • “jiný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “jiný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “jiný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjinɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjiniː/, /ˈjinɛj/

Adjective

jiný (comparative jinší)

  1. different, other
  2. diverse
  3. the other, second
  4. (of thinking) opposite, opposing, disagreeing
  5. next, following
  6. next, new
  7. (in enumeration) similar
  8. (of a whole) remaining
  9. usual, ordinary
  10. some
  11. foreign; unknown, stranger

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Czech: jiný

References

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