kdy
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech kdy, from Proto-Slavic *kъdy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡdɪ]
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Adverb
kdy
- when
- Kdy se vrátíš? ― When will you be back?
Conjunction
kdy
- when (at what time)
- Ptá se, kdy tam zajdete. ― He asks when will you go there.
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “kdy”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kdy”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kdy”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъdy.
Pronunciation
Adverb
kdy
- (interrogative) when?
- (relative) when
- (relative) where
- (indefinite) sometimes
- (indefinite) once (with a verb) used to
- (indefinite, in negative clauses) whenever
Conjunction
kdy
Coordinate terms
| Type | kto | jen | jiný | onen | sen | ten | veš |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | k(eh)dy | jedy | jindy | on(eh)dy | — | t(eh)dy | v(e)šdy |
| Place (through) | kudy | — | jinudy | onudy | sudy | tudy | všudy |
| Place (to) | kam(o) | jam(o) | jinam(o) | onam(o) | sěm(o) | tam(o) | všam(o) |
| Place (in) | kde | — | jinde | onde | sde | tu | všude |
| Way | kak(o) | jak(o) | jinak(o) | onak(o) | sic(e) | tak(o) | však(o) |
| Amount | kolik(o) | jelik(o) | — | — | — | tolik(o) | — |
Descendants
- Czech: kdy
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kdy”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Polish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
kdy
- alternative form of gdy
Pronoun
kdy
- alternative form of gdy
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /kdɨ/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /ˈkdɘ/
Conjunction
kdy
- (Middle Polish, Kuyavia) alternative form of gdy
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kdy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271