kdy

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kdy, from Proto-Slavic *kъdy.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kdy

  1. when
    Kdy se vrátíš? ― When will you be back?

Conjunction

kdy

  1. when (at what time)
    Ptá se, kdy tam zajdete. ― He asks when will you go there.

See also

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdy.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kdy

  1. (interrogative) when?
  2. (relative) when
  3. (relative) where
  4. (indefinite) sometimes
  5. (indefinite) once (with a verb) used to
  6. (indefinite, in negative clauses) whenever

Conjunction

kdy

  1. (temporal) when
  2. (conditional) if
  3. (causitive) because
  4. although

Descendants

  • Czech: kdy

References

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡdɨ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡdɨ/

Conjunction

kdy

  1. Alternative form of gdy

Pronoun

kdy

  1. Alternative form of gdy

Polish

Pronunciation

Conjunction

kdy

  1. (Middle Polish, Kuyavia) Alternative form of gdy

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kdy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
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