Czech

== English == === Alternative forms === (abbreviation): Cz. === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Polish Czech, from Old Polish Czech, from Old Czech Čech, ultimately a variation and contraction of Proto-Slavic *čelověkъ (“human”). === Pronunciation === enPR: chĕk, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛk/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /t͡ʃek/ Homophones: check, cheque Rhymes: -ɛk === Adjective === Czech (not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Czechia, the Czech people, culture, or language. Synonyms: Czechian, Czechic, Czechish ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ချက် (hkyak) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Czech (countable and uncountable, plural Czechs) (countable) A person from the Czech Republic (Czechia) or of Czech descent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Czech (uncountable) A Slavic language primarily spoken in the Czech Republic. (nonstandard) The Czech Republic (Czechia). ==== Derived terms ==== (language): ==== Translations ==== === See also === Bohemian Wiktionary’s coverage of Czech terms Appendix:Czech Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Czech === Further reading === ISO 639-1 code cs, ISO 639-3 code ces (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Czech, ces ⁠ Czech language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Old Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Czech Čech. First attested in 1440. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡ʃʲɛx/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡ʃʲɛx/ === Proper noun === Czech m animacy unattested (attested in Greater Poland) Czech (person from Czechia) a male surname ==== Descendants ==== Polish: Czech→ English: Czech→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak) Silesian: Czech === References === Witold Taszycki, editor (1965-1967), “Czech”, in Słownik staropolskich nazw osobowych (in Polish), volume 1, Wrocław: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, page 412 Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., editors (2023), “Czech”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɛx/ Rhymes: -ɛx Syllabification: Czech === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Polish Czech. ==== Noun ==== Czech m pers (female equivalent Czeszka) Czech; Bohemian ===== Declension ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Czech m pers a male surname ===== Declension ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Czech f (indeclinable, traditional married form Czechowa, traditional unmarried form Czechówna) a female surname ===== Descendants ===== → English: Czech→ Burmese: ချက် (hkyak) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Proper noun ==== Czech pl genitive of Czechy === Further reading === “Czech”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Czech”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish) “Czech”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030