vetchý

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vetchý, from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: vet‧chý

Adjective

vetchý (comparative vetšejší, superlative nejvetšejší)

  1. decrepit
    Synonyms: opotřebovaný, zchátralý, obnošený, ošumělý, sešlý
    Válka jest soudce, který rozdílí vítězství tomu, kdo je silen, a smrt tomu, kdo je sláb a kdo je vetchý.
    The war is a judge, who distributes victory among the one who is strong and death among the one who is weak and decrepit.

Declension

Declension of vetchý (hard)
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative vetchý vetchá vetché
genitive vetchého vetché vetchého
dative vetchému vetché vetchému
accusative vetchého vetchý vetchou vetché
locative vetchém vetché vetchém
instrumental vetchým vetchou vetchým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative vetší vetché vetchá
genitive vetchých
dative vetchým
accusative vetché vetchá
locative vetchých
instrumental vetchými

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋɛtxɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvɛtxiː/, /ˈvɛtxɛj/

Adjective

vetchý (short vetech)

  1. old, ancient

Declension

Declension of vetchý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative vetchý vetchá vetché
genitive vetchého vetché vetchého
dative vetchému vetšiej, vetchéj vetchému
accusative vetchého, vetchý vetchú vetché
locative vetšiem, vetchém vetšiej, vetchéj vetšiem, vetchém
instrumental vetchým vetchú vetchým
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative vetchá vetšiej, vetchéj
genitive vetchú
dative vetchýma
accusative vetchá vetšiej, vetchéj
locative vetchú
instrumental vetchýma
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative vetší vetché vetchá
genitive vetchých
dative vetchým
accusative vetché vetchá
locative vetchých
instrumental vetchými

Descendants

  • Czech: vetchý

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vetchý (comparative vetchejší, superlative nejvetchejší)

  1. decrepit

Declension

Declension of vetchý
singular
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative vetchý vetchá vetché
genitive vetchého vetchej vetchého
dative vetchému vetchej vetchému
accusative vetchého vetchý vetchú vetché
locative vetchom vetchej vetchom
instrumental vetchým vetchou vetchým
plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter
nominative vetchí vetché
genitive vetchých
dative vetchým
accusative vetchých vetché
locative vetchých
instrumental vetchými

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vetchý”, 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
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