psychika

See also: psychiką

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpsɪxɪka]
• Hyphenation: psy‧chi‧ka

Noun

psychika f

1. psyche

Declension

Declension of psychika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	psychika	psychiky
genitive	psychiky	psychik
dative	psychice	psychikám
accusative	psychiku	psychiky
vocative	psychiko	psychiky
locative	psychice	psychikách
instrumental	psychikou	psychikami

Related terms

• See psycho-

• psychický
• psychologický

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχικός (psukhikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescriptive) /ˈpsɘ.xi.ka/, (colloquial) /psɘˈxi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɘxika, -ika
• Syllabification: psy‧chi‧ka

Noun

psychika f

1. (psychology) psyche (human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual)

Declension

Declension of psychika

	singular
nominative	psychika
genitive	psychiki
dative	psychice
accusative	psychikę
instrumental	psychiką
locative	psychice
vocative	psychiko

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• psychiczny

(nouns):

• psycha

Related terms

(adverbs):

• psychicznie

Further reading

• psychika in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• psychika in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• psychika in PWN's encyclopedia