perný

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See also: Perny

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech perný (“peppery”), from peprný (“peppery”), from pepř (“pepper”) +‎ -ný. The change in the meaning of perný may have been influenced by its association with the verb prát se (“to fight, to scuffle”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

perný

  1. hard, tough, busy
    Synonyms: těžký, krušný
    perný den ― a hard day

Usage notes

  • Perný den is the traditional translation of the Beatles song, album and film A Hard Day's Night.

Declension

Declension of perný (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative perný perná perné
genitive perného perné perného
dative pernému perné pernému
accusative perného perný pernou perné
locative perném perné perném
instrumental perným pernou perným
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative perní perné perná
genitive perných
dative perným
accusative perné perná
locative perných
instrumental pernými

Further reading

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