smiech

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See also: Smiech, smiéch, śmiech, and Śmiech

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *směxъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsmi̯ɛːx/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsmiːx/

Noun

smiech m inan

  1. laughter
    z smiechufor a laughter
    býti v smiechuto be an object of ridicule
    držěti na smiechuto make fun of

Declension

Related terms

Descendants

  • Czech: smích

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

smiech m (Cyrillic spelling смиецх)

  1. Obsolete spelling of smijeh

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *směxъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

smiech m inan (genitive singular smiechu, nominative plural smiechov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. laughter

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • smiech”, 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