sluha

See also: slúha

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sluha/slúha, from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsluɦa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: slu‧ha

Noun

sluha m anim (female equivalent služka)

  1. servant

Declension

Declension of sluha (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative sluha sluhové
genitive sluhy sluhů
dative sluhovi sluhům
accusative sluhu sluhy
vocative sluho sluhové
locative sluhovi sluzích
instrumental sluhou sluhy

Antonyms

Further reading

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈsɫuɣa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈsluɦa/

Noun

sluha m pers

  1. servant

Declension

Declension of sluha (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative sluha sluzě sluhy
genitive sluhy sluhú sluh
dative sluzě sluhama sluhám
accusative sluhu sluzě sluhy
vocative sluho sluzě sluhy
locative sluzě sluhú sluhách
instrumental sluhú sluhama sluhami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: sluha

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sluga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsluɦa]

Noun

sluha m pers (relational adjective sluhovský)

  1. servant

Declension

Declension of sluha
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural
nominativesluhasluhovia
genitivesluhusluhov
dativesluhovisluhom
accusativesluhusluhov
locativesluhovisluhoch
instrumentalsluhomsluhami

Antonyms

  • sluhovsky
  • sluhovstvo
  • služiť
  • služobník
  • slúžka

Further reading

  • “sluha”, 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
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