pýcha

See also: pycha and pychą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pýcha, pych, derived from Old Czech pýchati, from Proto-Slavic *pyxati. Related to puchnout, pyj, pysk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpiːxa]
  • Hyphenation: pý‧cha

Noun

pýcha f

  1. pride
    Synonyms: hrdost, povýšenost, domýšlivost, nadutost, zpupnost
    Dmuli se pýchou.They swelled with pride.

Declension

Further reading

  • pýcha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pýcha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pýcha in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Further reading

  • pýcha”, 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, 2024
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