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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).
Sense 2 comes from the stereotype of Jews as being stingy or greedy.
Pronunciation
Noun
žid m anim (female equivalent židovka)
- Jew (by religion)
- (figuratively, offensive, dated) miser, scrooge
Declension
Declension of žid (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
See also
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)
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
žid m anim (genitive singular žida, nominative plural židovia, genitive plural židov, declension pattern of chlap)
- Jew (by religion)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “žid”, 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