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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech láska, from Proto-Slavic *laska, *laskati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s-.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
láska f
- love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
- Antonym: nenávist
- love (object of one’s romantic feelings)
Declension
Declension of láska (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “láska”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “láska”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “láska”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
- łáska (alternative writing)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *laska.
Pronunciation
Noun
láska f
- love
- býti v něčí láscě ― to be in someone's favour
- spásti láskú na něčso ― to come to like something
- vjíti v lásku ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- vypásti z lásky ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- obnoviti něčú lásku ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- respectful addressing
Declension
Descendants
See also
Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *làska.
Pronunciation
Noun
láska f (genitive singular lásky, nominative plural lásky, genitive plural lások, declension pattern of žena)
- love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
- love (object of one’s romantic feelings)
Declension
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “láska”, 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