čest

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷit-tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛst]

Noun

čest f

1. honor (US), honour (UK) (objectification of praiseworthiness)

   dělat čest / být ke cti někomu ― to do credit / to be a credit to someone

   urážka na cti ― slander, defamation

Declension

Declension of čest (i-stem feminine irreg-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	čest	cti
genitive	cti	ctí
dative	cti	ctem
accusative	čest	cti
vocative	cti	cti
locative	cti	ctech
instrumental	ctí	ctmi

Related terms

adjectives

• ctěný
• ctihodný
• ctižádostivý
• ctnostný
• ctný
• čestný
• poctivý
• počestný

nouns

• ctižádost
• ctnost

verbs

• ctít
• uctívat

Further reading

• “čest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “čest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “čest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛst/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛst/

Noun

čest f

1. honour

   na svú čest vzieti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   na čsti utrhati ― to disgrace

2. chastity
3. dignity
4. fame
5. office, post
6. respect

   v/u čsti jmieti ― to respect

Declension

Declension of čest (i-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	čest	čsti	čsti
genitive	čsti	čsťú	čstí
dative	čsti	čestma	čstem
accusative	čest	čsti	čsti
vocative	čsti	čsti	čsti
locative	čsti	čsťú	čstech
instrumental	čsťú	čestma	čestmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• čstný
• čstíti

Descendants

• Czech: čest

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “čest”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stъ (“dense, thick”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kimśtas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃêːst/

Adjective

čȇst (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст, definite čȇsti, comparative čȅšćī)

1. frequent, common
2. repeated, recurrent

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		čest	česta	često
genitive		česta	česte	česta
dative		čestu	čestoj	čestu
accusative	inanimate animate	čest česta	čestu	često
vocative		čest	česta	često
locative		čestu	čestoj	čestu
instrumental		čestim	čestom	čestim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		česti	česte	česta
genitive		čestih	čestih	čestih
dative		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)
accusative		česte	česte	česta
vocative		česti	česte	česta
locative		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)
instrumental		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		česti	česta	često
genitive		čestog(a)	česte	čestog(a)
dative		čestom(u/e)	čestoj	čestom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	česti čestog(a)	čestu	često
vocative		česti	česta	često
locative		čestom(e/u)	čestoj	čestom(e/u)
instrumental		čestim	čestom	čestim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		česti	česte	česta
genitive		čestih	čestih	čestih
dative		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)
accusative		česte	česte	česta
vocative		česti	česte	česta
locative		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)
instrumental		čestim(a)	čestim(a)	čestim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		češći	češća	češće
genitive		češćeg(a)	češće	češćeg(a)
dative		češćem(u)	češćoj	češćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	češći češćeg(a)	češću	češće
vocative		češći	češća	češće
locative		češćem(u)	češćoj	češćem(u)
instrumental		češćim	češćom	češćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		češći	češće	češća
genitive		češćih	češćih	češćih
dative		češćim(a)	češćim(a)	češćim(a)
accusative		češće	češće	češća
vocative		češći	češće	češća
locative		češćim(a)	češćim(a)	češćim(a)
instrumental		češćim(a)	češćim(a)	češćim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najčešći	najčešća	najčešće
genitive		najčešćeg(a)	najčešće	najčešćeg(a)
dative		najčešćem(u)	najčešćoj	najčešćem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najčešći najčešćeg(a)	najčešću	najčešće
vocative		najčešći	najčešća	najčešće
locative		najčešćem(u)	najčešćoj	najčešćem(u)
instrumental		najčešćim	najčešćom	najčešćim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najčešći	najčešće	najčešća
genitive		najčešćih	najčešćih	najčešćih
dative		najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)
accusative		najčešće	najčešće	najčešća
vocative		najčešći	najčešće	najčešća
locative		najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)
instrumental		najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)	najčešćim(a)

Further reading

• “čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stь.

Noun

čȇst f (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст)

1. (archaic) part, piece

Further reading

• “čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь.

Noun

čest f (Cyrillic spelling чест)

1. Obsolete form of čast.
2. (archaic) luck, happiness