čuch

See also: cuch and Cuch

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluxъ. By surface analysis, čúti +‎ -ch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃux/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃix/

Noun

čuch m inan

sense
pět tělesných čuchóv/smyslóv ― five bodily senses
(later specifically) smell

Declension

Declension of čuch (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	čuch	čuchy	čuši, čuchové
genitive	čucha, čuchu	čuchú	čuchóv
dative	čuchu	čuchoma	čuchóm
accusative	čuch	čuchy	čuchy
vocative	čuše	čuchy	čuši, čuchové
locative	čušě, čuchu	čuchú	čušiech
instrumental	čuchem	čuchoma	čuchy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

čúti
živočuch

Descendants

Czech: čich

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “čuch”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čuxъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ʃux]

Noun

čuch m inan (relational adjective čuchový)

smell (sense)

Declension

Declension of *čuch*
(pattern *dub*)
	singular
nominative	čuch
genitive	čuchu
dative	čuchu
accusative	čuch
locative	čuchu
instrumental	čuchom

Further reading

“čuch”, 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, 2003–2025