tista

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • tistka

Etymology

Uncertain. Possible cognate with Danish tispe borrowed from North Germans.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈcista/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈcista/

Noun

tista f

  1. bitch (a female dog)
  2. prostitute, whore
    Synonym: vydra

Declension

Declension of tista (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative tista tistě tisty
genitive tisty tistú tist
dative tistě tistama tistám
accusative tistu tistě tisty
vocative tisto tistě tisty
locative tistě tistú tistách
instrumental tistú tistama tistami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) “tista”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 644

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