podšitý

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Czech

Etymology

From pod- +‎ šít +‎ . Original meaning is "lined", but it is often used as a shortened version of the idiom liškou podšitý. In the past animal fur used to be sometimes sown inside coats. At the same time there was a prejudice that some animal characteristics can be transferred to people by touching them. People wearing coats with fox fur sown inside were expected to have acquired characteristics like cunningness or slyness.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

podšitý (comparative podšitější, superlative nejpodšitější, adverb podšitě)

  1. (not comparable, about clothes) lined
    • 1886, Alois Jirásek, Psohlavci:
      Hodivši na sebe dlouhý kožich hnědým suknem potažený, beránkem podšitý, odemkla.
      Having put on a long coat, covered with brown cloth and lined with ram's fur, she unlocked the door.
  2. cunning, sly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:podšitý
    • 1884, František Josef Andrlík, “Makové buchty”, in Blahé zlaté mládí, volume 1, Pardubice: F. & V. Hoblík:
      Jsi podšitá kopa, jako druzí; ale lhaním mne nespleteš!
      You are a cunning fellow, like the others; but you won't confuse me with your lies!

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References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “šíti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading

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