hudba

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hudba (originally "string music" or "bowed string instrument"), from Proto-Slavic *gǫsti ("to play a musical instrument", cf. housti). Cognate with Slovak hudba, Old Polish gędźba, Serbo-Croatian gudba and Slovene gódba (the latter is most likely derived from Czech, however).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦudba]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

hudba f (diminutive hudbička)

  1. music

Declension

adjectives
nouns

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2001) Český etymologický slovník, first edition, Voznice: Leda, →ISBN, page 218

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫdьba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦudba]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

hudba f (relational adjective hudobný or hudbový, diminutive hudbička)

  1. music
    Synonym: muzika

Declension

Declension of hudba
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativehudbahudby
genitivehudbyhudieb
dativehudbehudbám
accusativehudbuhudby
locativehudbehudbách
instrumentalhudbouhudbami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hudba”, 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