ostrý
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech ostrý, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈostriː]
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Adjective
ostrý (comparative ostřejší, superlative nejostřejší, adverb ostře)
- sharp (able to cut easily)
- Antonym: tupý
- hot (of food and spice)
- Antonym: jemný
- (mathematics) strict (of an inequality, such that it rules out the possibility of equality)
- Antonym: neostrý
- (geometry) acute (of an angle, having less than 90 degrees)
- Antonym: tupý
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | ostrý | ostrá | ostré | |
| genitive | ostrého | ostré | ostrého | |
| dative | ostrému | ostré | ostrému | |
| accusative | ostrého | ostrý | ostrou | ostré |
| locative | ostrém | ostré | ostrém | |
| instrumental | ostrým | ostrou | ostrým | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | ostří | ostré | ostrá | |
| genitive | ostrých | |||
| dative | ostrým | |||
| accusative | ostré | ostrá | ||
| locative | ostrých | |||
| instrumental | ostrými | |||
Related terms
adverb
- naostro
verb
Further reading
- “ostrý”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ostrý”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “ostrý”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔstriː]
Adjective
ostrý (adverb ostro)
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | ostrý | ostrá | ostré | |
| genitive | ostrého | ostrej | ostrého | |
| dative | ostrému | ostrej | ostrému | |
| accusative | ostrého | ostrý | ostrú | ostré |
| locative | ostrom | ostrej | ostrom | |
| instrumental | ostrým | ostrou | ostrým | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine/neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | ostrí | ostré | ||
| genitive | ostrých | |||
| dative | ostrým | |||
| accusative | ostrých | ostré | ||
| locative | ostrých | |||
| instrumental | ostrými | |||
Further reading
- “ostrý”, 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