nechť
Appearance
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech nechť. By surface analysis, nech (“leave, let”) + -ť. Compare Polish niech, Serbo-Croatian neka, and Ukrainian неха́й (nexáj).
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]nechť
- let (used to introduce a third person imperative verb construction)
- Synonym: ať
- Nechť tě provází Síla. ― May the Force be with you.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nechť”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “nechť”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “nechť”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Old Czech
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nech (“leave, let”) + -ť. Compare Old Polish niech.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]nechť
- (hortative) Forms third person imperative; let
Conjunction
[edit]nechť
- Forms a conditional; let; even though
- Sets a goal; let
Descendants
[edit]- Czech: nechť
References
[edit]- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “nechť”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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