pýcha

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpiːxa]

Noun

pýcha f

  1. pride

Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Russian пыхать (pyxatʹ, “to gasp, pant”), Slovene pihati (“to blow”), rare Bulgarian пъхам (pǎham) (пъхтя (pǎhtja), пъшкам (pǎškam, “to gasp, pant”)). Non-Slavic cognates include dialectal Norwegian fusa, fjusa, Danish fuse ud (“gush out”) (from Old Norse fýsa (“to urge, desire”)), Latin pustula, Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyati, “he flourishes”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːxa/

Noun

pýcha f (genitive singular pýchy, nominative plural pýchy, genitive plural pých, declension pattern of žena)

  1. pride

Declension
Declension of pýcha
singular plural
nominative pýcha pýchy
genitive pýchy pých
dative pýche pýcham
accusative pýchu pýchy
locative pýche pýchach
instrumental pýchou pýchami

Further reading
  • pýcha in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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