pokoj

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pokoj, from Proto-Slavic *pokojь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pokoj m inan

  1. room
    Synonym: (near synonym) místnost
    čistý pokoj ― clean room
    prostorný pokoj ― spacious room
    hotelový pokoj ― hotel room
    jediný pokoj ― single room
    Pronajala si pokoj. ― She's rented a room.
    Budu ten pokoj malovat. ― I'm going to paint the room.
  2. peace
    nechat... na pokoji ― to leave... in peace/alone
    Chci, abys mě nechal na pokoji. ― I just want you to leave me alone.

Declension

Declension of pokoj (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative pokoj pokoje
genitive pokoje pokojů
dative pokoji pokojům
accusative pokoj pokoje
vocative pokoji pokoje
locative pokoji pokojích
instrumental pokojem pokoji

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pokojь.

Noun

pokoj m (Cyrillic spelling покој)

  1. rest
  2. repose

Declension

Declension of pokoj
singular plural
nominative pokoj pokoji
genitive pokoja pokoja
dative pokoju pokojima
accusative pokoj pokoje
vocative pokoju pokoji
locative pokoju pokojima
instrumental pokojem pokojima

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pokojь.

Pronunciation

Noun

pokoj m inan

  1. the state without movement or activity, rest
    deň pracovného pokoja ― day off work
    (physics) teleso v stave pokoja ― body in the state of rest (as opposed to motion)
  2. the state of peace and quiet
    nočný pokoj ― the quiet of the night
    odpočívaj v pokoji ― rest in peace
  3. the state without emotional disturbance
    duševný pokoj ― peace of mind
    Daj mi pokoj! ― Leave me alone!
  4. any type of peace except for the formal state of no war, which is mier

Declension

Declension of pokoj
singular plural
nominative pokoj pokoje
genitive pokoja pokojov
dative pokoju pokojom
accusative pokoj pokoje
locative pokoji pokojoch
instrumental pokojom pokojmi

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “pokoj”, 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
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