štěstí

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See also: stesti

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sčěstie, from Proto-Slavic *sъčęstьje, essentially “good fate”, “good portion”, derived as *sъ- (good) + *čęstь (piece, part) + *-ьje.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

štěstí n

  1. happiness
    Antonym: neštěstí
    nalézt štěstíto find happiness
    Hodně štěstí a zdraví!(wish you) a happy and healthy life!
  2. luck
    Antonyms: neštěstí, smůla
    Máš štěstí.You're lucky.

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “štěstí”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading

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