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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German waga (German Waage). Compare Slovak váha, Russian вага (vaga), Slovene vaga, Serbo-Croatian ва́га/vága.
Pronunciation
Noun
váha f
- (dated) weight
- Synonym: tíha
- scale, scales, weighing scale
- Synonym: váhy
Declension
Declension of váha (hard feminine quant-alt)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- váha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- váha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- váha in Internetová jazyková příručka
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German waga (German Waage). Compare Russian ва́га (vága), Slovene vága, Serbo-Croatian ва́га/vága.
Noun
váha f (genitive singular váhy, nominative plural váhy, genitive plural váh, declension pattern of žena)
- weight
- scale, scales, weighing scale
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “váha”, 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