starý

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See also: stary and Stary

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech starý, from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

starý (comparative starší, superlative nejstarší, adverb staře)

  1. old (of an object)
    Antonym: nový
  2. old (of a being)
    Antonym: mladý

Declension

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Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈstarɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈstariː/, /ˈstarɛj/

Adjective

starý (short form stár, comparative starší or stařější, superlative najstarší or najstařější)

  1. old

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: starý

References

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *staʔros, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-ro-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

starý (comparative starší, superlative najstarší, adverb staro)

  1. old

Declension

Further reading

  • starý”, 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