túha

See also: tuha and tuhá

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈtuːɣa/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈtau̯ɦa/

Noun

túha f

Declension

Declension of túha (hard a-stem quant-alt)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	túha	túzě	túhy
genitive	túhy	túhú	tuh
dative	túzě	túhama	túhám
accusative	túhu	túzě	túhy
vocative	túho	túzě	túhy
locative	túzě	túhú	túhách
instrumental	túhú	túhama	túhami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

túžiti

Descendants

Czech: touha

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “túha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtuːɦa]

Noun

túha f

(poetic) desire
Synonym: túžba

Further reading

“túha”, 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