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Czech
Etymology
From kámen + -ný.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kamenný (comparative kamennější, superlative nejkamennější)
- (not comparable) stone, stony (made of stones)
2008, Zdík Dušek, transl., Hlouběji do podzemí, Praha: Nakladatelství Fragment, translation of original by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, →ISBN, page 9:V místě, kde cesta křižovala potůček, stál hrubý kamenný most.- A rough stony bridge was standing at the place where the road crossed a little brook.
- (not comparable, relational) stone
2015 August 1 (last accessed), “Pozdní doba kamenná”, in Národní muzeum:Pozdní doba kamenná představuje ve střední Evropě období, v němž došlo k výrazným změnám v ekonomické sféře, k vyvrcholení specializace kamenných a kostěných artefaktů.- Late Stone Age in central Europe represents a time, when noticeable changes in economic sphere took place and specialization of stony a bone artifacts culminated.
- (figuratively) stony (hiding or showing no emotions)
- Synonyms: netečný, bezcitný
2013, Hana Čapková, transl., Bestie, Ostrava: Domino, translation of original by Martina Cole, →ISBN, page 88:Mezi lidmi z branže byl jeho kamenný obličej dobře známý. Nikdy se netvářil rozzlobeně, zřídkakdy potěšeně a vůbec nikdy se ničemu nesmál nahlas.- His stony face was well known among the people from his business field. He never looked angry, hardly ever pleased and never laughed to anything.
Declension
Declension of kamenný (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kamenný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kamenný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kamenný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovak
Etymology
From kameň + -ný.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kamenný (not comparable, no adverb)
- (relational) stone
- (relational) brick-and-mortar
- stiff, numb
- Synonym: bezcitný
Declension
Declension of kamenný (hard-long)
Further reading
- “kamenný”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024