lhostejný

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lhostajný (“carefree, unworried”) with semantic shift.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lhostejný (comparative lhostejnější, superlative nejlhostejnější, adverb lhostejně or lhostejno)

  1. indifferent (not caring)

Usage notes

When used with a subject, the subject takes the place of the English object and vice versa, so that for example "I am indifferent to mathematics" translates as "matematika je mi lhostejná", literally "mathematics is to me indifferent".

Declension

Declension of lhostejný (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative lhostejný lhostejná lhostejné
genitive lhostejného lhostejné lhostejného
dative lhostejnému lhostejné lhostejnému
accusative lhostejného lhostejný lhostejnou lhostejné
locative lhostejném lhostejné lhostejném
instrumental lhostejným lhostejnou lhostejným
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative lhostejní lhostejné lhostejná
genitive lhostejných
dative lhostejným
accusative lhostejné lhostejná
locative lhostejných
instrumental lhostejnými

Derived terms

adverbs
noun

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