pestrý

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pstrý, from Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pestrý (comparative pestřejší, superlative nejpestřejší, adverb pestře or pestro)

  1. variegated, varied

Declension

Declension of pestrý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative pestrý pestrá pestré
genitive pestrého pestré pestrého
dative pestrému pestré pestrému
accusative pestrého pestrý pestrou pestré
locative pestrém pestré pestrém
instrumental pestrým pestrou pestrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative pestří pestré pestrá
genitive pestrých
dative pestrým
accusative pestré pestrá
locative pestrých
instrumental pestrými

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pestrý (comparative pestrejší, superlative najpestrejší, adverb pestro)

  1. variegated, motley

Declension

Declension of pestrý
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative pestrý pestrá pestré
genitive pestrého pestrej pestrého
dative pestrému pestrej pestrému
accusative pestrého pestrý pestrú pestré
locative pestrom pestrej pestrom
instrumental pestrým pestrou pestrým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative pestrí pestré
genitive pestrých
dative pestrým
accusative pestrých pestré
locative pestrých
instrumental pestrými

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pestrý”, 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, 2003–2024
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