pštros

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pštros / štros, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (variegated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pštros

Noun

pštros m anim

  1. ostrich

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pštros in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pštros in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pstrý (variegated).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpʃtros/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpʃtros/

Noun

pštros m animal

  1. Alternative form of štros

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: pštros

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (variegated).

Pronunciation

Noun

pštros m inan (genitive singular pštrosa, nominative plural pštrosy, genitive plural pštrosov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. ostrich

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • pštros”, 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, 2024