protivný

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech protivný, from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

protivný (comparative protivnější, superlative nejprotivnější, adverb protivně)

  1. mean; annoying
    protivný chlap(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    ten člověk je mi protivný(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    protivný zvuk(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    protivný zvyk(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. (dated) contrary; opposite

Declension

See also

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈprociʋnɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈprocivniː/, /ˈprocivnɛj/

Adjective

protivný

  1. contrary; opposite
  2. mean; annoying

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: protivný

Further reading

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

Adjective

protivný

  1. contrary; opposite
  2. mean; annoying

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “protivný”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak protivný, from Proto-Slavic *protivьnъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

protivný

  1. mean; annoying
  2. (dated) contrary; opposite

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • protivný”, 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