kůň
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kóň, from Proto-Slavic *koňь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuːɲ]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kůň
- Rhymes: -uːɲ
Noun
kůň m anim
Declension
Noun
kůň m anim or m inan
- something inanimate that resembles a horse:
- (informal) knight (chess piece)
- Synonym: jezdec
- (gymnastics) pommel horse
- (physics, informal) horsepower
- Synonym: koňská síla
- rocking horse
- Synonym: houpací kůň
- (colloquial, regional, Moravia) stapler
- Synonym: sešívačka
- 1986, Jaromíra Kolárová, Chtěla bych ten strom[1], page 11:
- Prostě jsem se ohnala koněm, tedy sešívačkou.
- I simply hit out with a kůň, that means with a stapler.
- (informal) knight (chess piece)
Usage notes
- When referring to an inanimate object, the term is declined the same as when animate but normally takes inanimate agreement in the plural.
Declension
Noun
kůň m anim
- (vulgar, derogatory) idiot, fool, dumbass
Declension
Related terms
adverb
See also
| Chess pieces in Czech · šachové figurky (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| král | dáma, královna | věž | střelec | jezdec, kůň | pěšec |
Further reading
- “kůň”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kůň”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kůň”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025