prostý

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See also: prosty and prôsty

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech prostý, from Proto-Slavic *prostъ. Cognates include Polish prosty and Russian простой (prostoj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

prostý (comparative prostější or prostší, superlative nejprostější or nejprostší, adverb prostě)

  1. simple
  2. (formal) free of (followed by the genitive case)
  3. (mathematics) injective
    Synonym: injektivní

Declension

Declension of prostý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative prostý prostá prosté
genitive prostého prosté prostého
dative prostému prosté prostému
accusative prostého prostý prostou prosté
locative prostém prosté prostém
instrumental prostým prostou prostým
short prost prosta prosto
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative prostí prosté prostá
genitive prostých
dative prostým
accusative prosté prostá
locative prostých
instrumental prostými
short prosti prosty prosta
adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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