štít

See also: stit, stít, štit, and -stit

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ščít, from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (shield), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeitum, *skoitum, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (to cut, separate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃciːt]

Noun

štít m inan

  1. shield (broad piece of protective armour)
  2. (heraldry) shield
  3. peak (the top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain or range, ending in a point)
    horský štítmountain peak
  4. sign (identifying a shop or other establishment)
    vývěsní štítsignboard
  5. (architecture) gable
  6. (geology) shield

Declension

Derived terms

  • zaštiťovat impf, zaštítit pf
  • záštita f

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (shield), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeitum, *skoitum, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (to cut, separate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃciːt]

Noun

štít m inan (genitive singular štítu, štíta, nominative plural štíty, genitive plural štítov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. shield (armor)
  2. (heraldry) shield

Declension

References

  • štít”, 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