dech
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dech"
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dech, from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛx]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛx
Noun
dech m inan
- breath (act or process of breathing)
Declension
Declension of dech (velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dech | dechy |
| genitive | dechu | dechů |
| dative | dechu | dechům |
| accusative | dech | dechy |
| vocative | dechu | dechy |
| locative | dechu | deších |
| instrumental | dechem | dechy |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “dech”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dech”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dech”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German dih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deχ/, [dəɕ]
Pronoun
dech
- second-person singular, accusative: you
- Ech hunn dech gären — I love you
- second-person singular, reflexive: yourself
Declension
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||||||
| singular | 1st person | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | |||
| 2nd person | informal | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | |||
| formal | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||||
| 3rd person | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |||
| f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||||
| n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||||
| plural | 1st person | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | |||
| 2nd person | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||||
| 3rd person | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech | ||||
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
dech m inan
- breath (act or process of breathing)
Declension
Declension of dech (hard o-stem reducible)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dech | dchy | dši, dchové |
| genitive | dcha, dchu | dchú | dchóv |
| dative | dchu | dchoma | dchóm |
| accusative | dech | dchy | dchy |
| vocative | dše | dchy | dši, dchové |
| locative | dšě, dchu | dchú | dšiech |
| instrumental | dchem | dchoma | dchy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms
Descendants
- Czech: dech
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “dech”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Irish
Adjective
dech
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛx/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛx
- Syllabification: dech
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Noun
dech m inan
Declension
Declension of dech
Related terms
adjectives
adverbs
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dech f
- genitive plural of decha