ostrý

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See also: ostry and Ostrý

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ostrý, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ostrý (comparative ostřejší, superlative nejostřejší, adverb ostře)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý
  2. hot (of food and spice)
    Antonym: jemný
  3. (mathematics) strict (of an inequality, such that it rules out the possibility of equality)
    Antonym: neostrý
  4. (geometry) acute (of an angle, having less than 90 degrees)
    Antonym: tupý

Declension

Declension of ostrý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative ostrý ostrá ostré
genitive ostrého ostré ostrého
dative ostrému ostré ostrému
accusative ostrého ostrý ostrou ostré
locative ostrém ostré ostrém
instrumental ostrým ostrou ostrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative ostří ostré ostrá
genitive ostrých
dative ostrým
accusative ostré ostrá
locative ostrých
instrumental ostrými
adverb
nouns
verb

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ostrý (adverb ostro)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý

Declension

Declension of ostrý
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative ostrý ostrá ostré
genitive ostrého ostrej ostrého
dative ostrému ostrej ostrému
accusative ostrého ostrý ostrú ostré
locative ostrom ostrej ostrom
instrumental ostrým ostrou ostrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative ostrí ostré
genitive ostrých
dative ostrým
accusative ostrých ostré
locative ostrých
instrumental ostrými

Further reading

  • “ostrý”, 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, 2003–2025
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