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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kóň, from Proto-Slavic *koňь.
Pronunciation
Noun
kůň m anim
- horse
- Synonyms: oř, komoň
Declension
Declension of kůň (soft masculine animate quant-alt)
Noun
kůň m anim or m inan
- something inanimate that resembles a horse:
- (informal) knight (chess piece)
- Synonym: jezdec
- (gymnastics) pommel horse
- (physics, informal) horsepower
- Synonym: koňská síla
- rocking horse
- Synonym: houpací kůň
- (colloquial, regional, Moravia) stapler
- Synonym: sešívačka
1986, Jaromíra Kolárová, Chtěla bych ten strom, page 11:Prostě jsem se ohnala koněm, tedy sešívačkou.- I simply hit out with a kůň, that means with a stapler.
Usage notes
- When referring to an inanimate object, the term is declined the same as when animate but normally takes inanimate agreement in the plural.
Declension
Declension of kůň (soft masculine animate // soft masculine inanimate quant-alt)
Noun
kůň m anim
- (vulgar, derogatory) idiot, fool, dumbass
Declension
Declension of kůň (soft masculine animate quant-alt)
See also
Further reading
- “kůň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kůň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kůň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)