Žid

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See also: zid, zīd, žid, and -zid

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Žid, from West South Slavic *Židъ, from early South Slavic *Žydъ, from Romance *Ǯūdēus, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Žid m anim (female equivalent Židovka, related adjective židovský)

  1. Jew (by ancestry)

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Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

from West South Slavic *Židъ, from early South Slavic *Žydъ, from Romance *Ǯūdēus, from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

Pronunciation

Noun

Žid m pers

  1. Jew

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: Žid
  • Old Polish: Żyd
  • Slovak: žid, Žid
  • → Sorbian:

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יְהוּדִי (y'hudí).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Žid m pers (genitive singular Žida, nominative plural Židovia, genitive plural Židov, declension pattern of chlap, female equivalent Židovka, related adjective židovský)

  1. Jew (by ancestry)

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