ucho

See also: -ucho and ùchò

Caló

Etymology

Perhaps eventually from Sanskrit अवश्या (avaśyā, “dew”)

Noun

ucho m

1. dew

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Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech ucho, from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuxo]

• audio:

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Noun

ucho n

1. ear

   V uších se jí třpytily briliantové náušnice. ― Brilliant earrings glittered at her ears.

   být jedno ucho. ― to be all ears.

2. handle (of a pot)
3. eye (hole at the blunt end of a needle)

Usage notes

The dual form is used when talking about human or animal ears, no matter their number (e. g. čtyři králičí uši = four rabbit ears), while the plural is used when referring to various ear-shaped objects (ucha hrnce = handles of a pot).

Declension

Declension of ucho

	singular	plural	dual
nominative	ucho	ucha	uši
genitive	ucha	uch	uší
dative	uchu	uchům	uším
accusative	ucho	ucha	uši
vocative	ucho	ucha	uši
locative	uchu	uchách	uších
instrumental	uchem	uchy	ušima

Related terms

• příušnice
• náušnice
• ouško
• uchál
• ušák
• ušanka
• ušatec
• ušatý
• ušní
• ucho Jidášovo

Further reading

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• Template:R:SSJC

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Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Noun

ucho n

1. ear

Descendants

• Czech: ucho

Further reading

• Template:R:Vokabulář webový

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Noun

ucho n

1. ear

Declension

Declension of ucho

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ucho	uszy	ucha
genitive	ucha	uszú	úch
dative	uchu	uszyma	uchóm
accusative	ucho	uszy	ucha
instrumental	uchem	uszyma	uchy
locative	usze	uszú	uszech
vocative	ucho	uszy	ucha

Descendants

• Polish: ucho

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ucho”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ucho, from Proto-Slavic *ȗxo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *auś-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.xɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uxɔ
• Syllabification: u‧cho

Noun

ucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko)

1. ear (body part)
2. (colloquial) snitch, informant

Declension

Declension of ucho

	singular	plural
nominative	ucho	uszy
genitive	ucha	uszu/uszów
dative	uchu	uszom
accusative	ucho	uszy
instrumental	uchem	uszami/uszyma
locative	uchu	uszach
vocative	ucho	uszy

Derived terms

adjective

• bezuchy

 

Noun

ucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko)

1. handle (of a basket, kettle etc.)
2. eye (hole in needle)
3. earflap

Declension

Declension of ucho

	singular	plural
nominative	ucho	ucha
genitive	ucha	uch
dative	uchu	uchom
accusative	ucho	ucha
instrumental	uchem	uchami
locative	uchu	uchach
vocative	ucho	ucha

Further reading

• ucho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ucho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit उच्च (uchcha, “high, elevated”).

Adjective

ucho (feminine uchi, plural uche)

1. high

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.xɔ/

Noun

ucho n (genitive singular ucha, nominative plural uši, uchá, genitive plural uší, úch, declension pattern of mesto)

1. ear
2. handle (of a basket, kettle etc.)
3. eye (the part of a needle)

Declension

#1	#2, #3
Declension of ucho singular plural nominative ucho uši genitive ucha uší dative uchu ušiam accusative ucho uši locative uchu ušiach instrumental uchom ušami	Declension of ucho singular plural nominative ucho uchá genitive ucha úch dative uchu uchám accusative ucho uchá locative uchu uchách instrumental uchom uchami

Further reading

• “ucho”, 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