pýcha

See also: pycha

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiːxa]
• Hyphenation: pý‧cha

Noun

pýcha f

1. pride

Related terms

• hrdost
• pyšný
• pýcha předchází pád

Further reading

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Slovak

Etymology

Cognate with Russian пыхать (pyxatʹ, “to gasp, pant”), Slovene pihati (“to blow”), rare Bulgarian пъхам (pǎham) (пъхтя (pǎhtja), пъшкам (pǎškam, “to gasp, pant”)). Non-Slavic cognates include dialectal Norwegian fusa, fjusa, Danish fuse ud (“gush out”) (from Old Norse fýsa (“to urge, desire”)), Latin pustula, Sanskrit पुष्यति (puṣyati, “he flourishes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːxa/

Noun

pýcha f (genitive singular pýchy, nominative plural pýchy, genitive plural pých, declension pattern of žena)

1. pride

Declension

Declension of pýcha

	singular	plural
nominative	pýcha	pýchy
genitive	pýchy	pých
dative	pýche	pýcham
accusative	pýchu	pýchy
locative	pýche	pýchach
instrumental	pýchou	pýchami

Further reading

• “pýcha”, 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