vetchý
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech vetchý, from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛtxiː]
- Hyphenation: vet‧chý
Adjective
vetchý (comparative vetšejší, superlative nejvetšejší, adverb vetše)
- decrepit
- Synonyms: opotřebovaný, zchátralý, obnošený, ošumělý, sešlý
- Válka jest soudce, který rozdílí vítězství tomu, kdo je silen, a smrt tomu, kdo je sláb a kdo je vetchý.
- The war is a judge, who distributes victory among the one who is strong and death among the one who is weak and decrepit.
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | vetchý | vetchá | vetché | |
| genitive | vetchého | vetché | vetchého | |
| dative | vetchému | vetché | vetchému | |
| accusative | vetchého | vetchý | vetchou | vetché |
| locative | vetchém | vetché | vetchém | |
| instrumental | vetchým | vetchou | vetchým | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | vetší | vetché | vetchá | |
| genitive | vetchých | |||
| dative | vetchým | |||
| accusative | vetché | vetchá | ||
| locative | vetchých | |||
| instrumental | vetchými | |||
Further reading
- “vetchý”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “vetchý”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “vetchý”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vetchý (short form vetech)
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vetchý | vetchá | vetché | |
| genitive | vetchého | vetché | vetchého | |
| dative | vetchému | vetšiej, vetchéj | vetchému | |
| accusative | vetchého, vetchý | vetchú | vetché | |
| locative | vetšiem, vetchém | vetšiej, vetchéj | vetšiem, vetchém | |
| instrumental | vetchým | vetchú | vetchým | |
| dual | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vetchá | vetšiej, vetchéj | ||
| genitive | vetchú | |||
| dative | vetchýma | |||
| accusative | vetchá | vetšiej, vetchéj | ||
| locative | vetchú | |||
| instrumental | vetchýma | |||
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vetší | vetché | vetchá | |
| genitive | vetchých | |||
| dative | vetchým | |||
| accusative | vetché | vetchá | ||
| locative | vetchých | |||
| instrumental | vetchými | |||
Descendants
- Czech: vetchý
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “vetchý”, 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 *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vetchý (comparative vetchejší, superlative najvetchejší, adverb vetcho)
Declension
| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | vetchý | vetchá | vetché | |
| genitive | vetchého | vetchej | vetchého | |
| dative | vetchému | vetchej | vetchému | |
| accusative | vetchého | vetchý | vetchú | vetché |
| locative | vetchom | vetchej | vetchom | |
| instrumental | vetchým | vetchou | vetchým | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine/neuter | |||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | vetchí | vetché | ||
| genitive | vetchých | |||
| dative | vetchým | |||
| accusative | vetchých | vetché | ||
| locative | vetchých | |||
| instrumental | vetchými | |||
Derived terms
- vetcho
- vetchosť
Further reading
- “vetchý”, 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