žid

See also: zid, zīd, Žid, and -zid

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪt]

Noun

žid m anim (female equivalent židovka)

  1. Jew (by religion)
  2. (figuratively, offensive, dated) miser, scrooge

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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 pers

  1. Jew (by religion)

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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