Žid

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 (Ĭoudaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪt]
  • Homophone: žit

Proper noun

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

  1. Jew (by ancestry)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒid/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒit/

Noun

Žid m pers

  1. Jew

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: Žid
  • Old Polish: Żyd
  • Slovak: žid, Žid
  • → Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: žyd, Žyd
    • Upper Sorbian: žid, Žid

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 (female equivalent Židovka, relational adjective židovský)

  1. Jew (by ancestry)

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

Žid m pers (female equivalent Židová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Žid
(pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeŽidŽidoviaŽidovci
genitiveŽidaŽidovŽidovcov
dativeŽidoviŽidomŽidovcom
accusativeŽidaŽidovŽidovcov
locativeŽidoviŽidochŽidovcoch
instrumentalŽidomŽidmiŽidovcami

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, 2003–2025