kniha

See also: kníha

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kniha, from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɲɪɦa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kni‧ha

Noun

kniha f (diminutive knížka)

  1. book (a collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge)
    Prodám knihy od Václava Havla.I sell books by Václav Havel.
  2. book (a major division of a published work)
  3. omasum (the third portion in the stomach of a ruminant)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkɲiɣa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkɲiɦa/

Noun

kniha f

  1. book

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: kniha

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňiga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kniha f (relational adjective knižný, diminutive knižka or knižočka or knižôčka or knižtička, augmentative knižisko)

  1. book
  2. omasum (the third portion in the stomach of a ruminant)

Declension

Declension of kniha
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeknihaknihy
genitiveknihykníh
dativekniheknihám
accusativeknihuknihy
locativekniheknihách
instrumentalknihouknihami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kniha”, 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

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • knihi (obsolete, plural only)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъňìga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkniɦa/
  • Rhymes: -iɦa
  • Hyphenation: kni‧ha
  • Syllabification: kni‧ha

Noun

kniha f

  1. book (set of sheets or notebooks, handwritten or printed, neatly assembled and sewn or glued on one side)

Declension

References