čierny

== Old Slovak == === Alternative forms === černy, černý, čarny, čírny, črny === Etymology === First attested in the 12th century. Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ which is compared to Proto-Indo-European *kr̥šṇáḥ or *kr̥snós (black, dark), Lithuanian kéršas (black with white spots/stains), Old Prussian kirsnan (black) and so on – everything from Proto-Indo-European *kers- or *ker- (designation of dark colour shades). === Adjective === čierny black Antonyms: biely, bíly ==== Descendants ==== Old Slovak: Pannonian Rusyn: чарни (čarni) Slovak: čierny, čerň === Further reading === Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “čierny”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC Králik, Ľubor (2016), “čierny”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 104 == Slovak == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Slovak čierny, from Proto-Slavic *čьrnъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi̯er.ni/ Homophone: čierni === Adjective === čierny (comparative černejší, superlative najčernejší, adverb čierno) black Synonym: čerň Antonym: biely ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== načierno, na čierno dočierna, do čierna čierno ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “čierny”, 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, 2003–2026