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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsota. By surface analysis, pes + -ota.
Pronunciation
Noun
psota f
- misery
- bad weather
- Synonym: nečas
Declension
Declension of psota (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “psota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “psota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “psota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьsota. By surface analysis, pies + -ota.
Pronunciation
Noun
psota f
- prank, trick
- Synonyms: dowcip, figiel, psikus, żart
- (Żywiec) Synonym of słota
- (Żywiec) Synonym of upławy
Declension
(nouns):
(verb):
Further reading
- psota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- psota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “psota”, in “Spostrzeżenia nad właściwościami językowémi w mowie Górali Bieskidowych z dodatkiem słowniczka wyrazów góralskich”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 375