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vetchý

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech vetchý, from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛtxiː]
  • Hyphenation: vet‧chý

Adjective

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vetchý (comparative vetšejší, superlative nejvetšejší)

  1. decrepit
    Synonyms: opotřebovaný, zchátralý, obnošený, ošumělý, sešlý
    Válka jest soudce, který rozdílí vítězství tomu, kdo je silen, a smrt tomu, kdo je sláb a kdo je vetchý.
    The war is a judge, who distributes victory among the one who is strong and death among the one who is weak and decrepit.

Declension

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Further reading

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

Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʋɛtxɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈvɛtxiː/, /ˈvɛtxɛj/

Adjective

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vetchý (short form vetech)

  1. old, ancient

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: vetchý

Further reading

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vetъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vetchý (comparative vetchejší, superlative najvetchejší)

  1. decrepit

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • vetchý”, 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