bažant

See also: Bažant and bażant

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bažant, from Middle High German vasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʒant]
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ba‧žant

Noun

bažant m anim (female equivalent bažantice)

1. pheasant
2. (military slang, university slang) rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)
3. urinal (bottle for urination used in hospitals)

Declension

Declension of bažant (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bažant	bažanti
genitive	bažanta	bažantů
dative	bažantovi, bažantu	bažantům
accusative	bažanta	bažanty
vocative	bažante	bažanti
locative	bažantovi, bažantu	bažantech
instrumental	bažantem	bažanty

Derived terms

• bažantice f
• bažantí
• bažantík m

 

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bažant m anim

1. pheasant

Declension

Declension of bažant (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bažant	bažanty	bažanti, bažantové
genitive	bažanta, bažantu	bažantú	bažantóv
dative	bažantu, bažantovi	bažantoma	bažantóm
accusative	bažant, bažanta	bažanty	bažanty
vocative	bažante	bažanty	bažanti, bažantové
locative	bažantě, bažantu, bažantovi	bažantú	bažantiech
instrumental	bažantem	bažantoma	bažanty

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

Descendants

• Czech: bažant
• → Old Polish: bażant, bażąt
  • Polish: bażant, bazant, bażan (Middle Polish)
    • → Kashubian: bażant

References

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʒant]

• Audio:

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Noun

bažant m animal (female equivalent bažantica, related adjective bažantí, diminutive bažantík)

1. pheasant

Declension

Declension of bažant (patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	bažant	bažanty
genitive	bažanta	bažantov
dative	bažantovi	bažantom
accusative	bažanta	bažanty
locative	bažantovi	bažantoch
instrumental	bažantom	bažantmi

Noun

bažant m pers

1. rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)

Declension

Declension of bažant (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	bažant	bažanti
genitive	bažanta	bažantov
dative	bažantovi	bažantom
accusative	bažanta	bažantov
locative	bažantovi	bažantoch
instrumental	bažantom	bažantmi

Further reading

• “bažant”, 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, 2003–2024