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

Derived terms

Further reading
  • čest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • čest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • čest in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьstь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈt͡ʃɛst/
  • IPA(key): (15th 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.
  • čstný
  • čstíti

Descendants
  • Czech: čest

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃêːst/

Adjective

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

  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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stь.

Noun

čȇst f (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст)

  1. (archaic) part, piece

Further reading
  • “čest” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь.

Noun

čest f (Cyrillic spelling чест)

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