strašný

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See also: strašny

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech strašný, from Proto-Slavic *strašьnъ (“terrible, frightening”), from *straxъ (“terror, fear”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

strašný (comparative strašnější, superlative nejstrašnější, adverb strašně)

  1. horrible, terrible, awful
    Synonyms: hrozný, otřesný, příšerný, děsný

Declension

Declension of strašný (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative strašný strašná strašné
genitive strašného strašné strašného
dative strašnému strašné strašnému
accusative strašného strašný strašnou strašné
locative strašném strašné strašném
instrumental strašným strašnou strašným
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative strašní strašné strašná
genitive strašných
dative strašným
accusative strašné strašná
locative strašných
instrumental strašnými

Further reading

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