jedva

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech jedva, from Proto-Slavic *edъva. Doublet of ledva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛdva]

Adverb

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)
    Synonyms: sotva, stěží, ledva

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *edъva. Doublet of ledva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjɛdʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjɛdva/

Adverb

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)

Descendants

  • Czech: jedva

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *edъva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêdʋa/
  • Hyphenation: jed‧va

Adverb

jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
  2. only just, recently, just now