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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech žiezě, žiezn, from Proto-Slavic *žę́ďa (itself derived from *žędati (“to wish, desire”)) + -eň.
Pronunciation
Noun
žízeň f
- thirst
Declension
Declension of žízeň (soft zero-ending feminine reducible)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “žízeň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “žízeň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “žízeň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Czech žízeň. Compare inherited žiadza.
Pronunciation
Noun
žízeň f
- (archaic) desire
- Synonym: túžba f
Declension
Declension of žízeň
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singulare tantum
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nominative
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žízeň
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genitive
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žízne
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dative
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žízni
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accusative
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žízeň
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locative
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žízni
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instrumental
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žízňou
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Further reading
- “žízeň”, 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, 2003–2024