pěkný

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See also: pekný

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pěkný, from Proto-Slavic *pěknъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pěkný (comparative pěknější, superlative nejpěknější, adverb pěkně)

  1. nice
  2. pretty
    Synonyms: hezký, krásný
    pěkný dům.He has a beautiful house.

Declension

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Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěknъ.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpi̯ɛknɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpjɛkniː/, /ˈpjɛknɛj/

Adjective

pěkný (adverb pěkně)

  1. beautiful (attractive and possessing beauty)
  2. (of actions) beautiful (good, admirable)
  3. correct, proper

Declension

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Descendants

  • Czech: pěkný

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “fagraz”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia