pštros

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pštros / štros, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʃtros]
  • Hyphenation: pštros

Noun

pštros m anim

  1. ostrich

Declension
Declension of pštros (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pštros pštrosi, pštrosové
genitive pštrosa pštrosů
dative pštrosovi, pštrosu pštrosům
accusative pštrosa pštrosy
vocative pštrose pštrosi, pštrosové
locative pštrosovi, pštrosu pštrosech
instrumental pštrosem pštrosy

Derived terms

Further reading
  • pštros in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pštros in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pstrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpʃtros/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpʃtros/

Noun

pštros m animal

  1. Alternative form of štros

Declension
Declension of pštros (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative pštros pštrosy pštrosi, pštrosové
genitive pštrosa, pštrosu pštrosú pštrosóv
dative pštrosu, pštrosovi pštrosoma pštrosóm
accusative pštros, pštrosa pštrosy pštrosy
vocative pštrose pštrosy pštrosi, pštrosové
locative pštrosě, pštrosu, pštrosovi pštrosú pštrosiech
instrumental pštrosem pštrosoma pštrosy
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: pštros

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʃtrɔs/

Noun

pštros m inan (genitive singular pštrosa, nominative plural pštrosy, genitive plural pštrosov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. ostrich

Declension
Declension of pštros
singular plural
nominative pštros pštrosy
genitive pštrosa pštrosov
dative pštrosovi pštrosom
accusative pštrosa pštrosy
locative pštrosovi pštrosoch
instrumental pštrosom pštrosmi

Derived terms

References
  • “pštros”, 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, 2024
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