vtip

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vtip. Possibly from Old Czech těpiti. Compare Slovak vtip, Polish dowcip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfcɪp]
  • Hyphenation: vtip
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

vtip m inan (diminutive vtípek or vtipek)

  1. joke (amusing story)
    Synonyms: fór, žert
  2. wit

Declension

Declension of vtip (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative vtip vtipy
genitive vtipu vtipů
dative vtipu vtipům
accusative vtip vtipy
vocative vtipe vtipy
locative vtipu vtipech
instrumental vtipem vtipy

Derived terms

nouns
adjectives
nouns
verbs

See also

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Possibly from těpiti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋcip/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈfcip/

Noun

vtip m inan

  1. joke (amusing story)
  2. wit

Declension

Declension of vtip (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative vtip vtipy vtipi, vtipové
genitive vtipa, vtipu vtipú vtipóv
dative vtipu vtipoma vtipóm
accusative vtip vtipy vtipy
vocative vtipe vtipy vtipi, vtipové
locative vtipě, vtipu vtipú vtipiech
instrumental vtipem vtipoma vtipy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: vtip

Further reading

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • wtip (obsolete)

Etymology

Compare Czech vtip, Polish dowcip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vcip]

Noun

vtip m inan (genitive singular vtipu, nominative plural vtipy, genitive plural vtipov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. joke (amusing story)
  2. wit

Declension

Declension of vtip
(pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativevtipvtipy
genitivevtipuvtipov
dativevtipuvtipom
accusativevtipvtipy
locativevtipevtipoch
instrumentalvtipomvtipmi

References

  • “vtip”, 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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