Petr

English

Proper noun

Petr

1. Alternative form of Pyotr.
   • 2000 March 30, Ian Traynor, “[Vladimir] Putin urged to apply the Pinochet stick”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2013:

     Petr Aven, president of Alfa, Russia's biggest and most successful private bank, and a key business supporter of the newly elected president, said that Mr Putin should model his regime on that of Augusto Pinochet of Chile, combining Reaganomics with dictatorial controls.

   • 2015 January 7, Joshua Yaffa, “The Search for Petr Khokhlov”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 January 2015:

     After their father died and their mother fell into drink, Petr Khokhlov and his brother, Sergey, were sent to an orphanage in Novouzensk, a small, dusty town of low-slung Soviet-era apartment blocks on Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.

   • 2022 February 27, Alice E. M. Underwood, “Transgression and the social body in Petr Pavlensky and Seroe Fioletovoe’s political performance art”, in Galina Miazhevich, editor, Queering Russian Media and Culture (Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series)‎^[3], Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

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Pre-Greekbor.

Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)

Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.

Latin Petrusbor.

Old Czech Petr

Czech Petr

Inherited from Old Czech Petr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtr̩]

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• Rhymes: -ɛtr̩
• Hyphenation: Pe‧tr

Proper noun

Petr m anim (possessive adjective Petrův)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter
2. (biblical) Peter (the Apostle)

Declension

Declension of Petr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Petr	Petrové
genitive	Petra	Petrů
dative	Petrovi, Petru	Petrům
accusative	Petra	Petry
vocative	Petře	Petrové
locative	Petrovi, Petru	Petrech
instrumental	Petrem	Petry

Derived terms

• Petra f
• petrklíč m inan
• Petrohrad m inan

Further reading

• “Petr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Petr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Petr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Etymology

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Pre-Greekbor.

Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros)

Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros)bor.

Latin Petrusbor.

Old Czech Petr

Borrowed from Latin Petrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpɛtr̩/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpɛtr̩/

Proper noun

Petr m pers (possessive adjective Petróv)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Peter

Declension

Declension of Petr (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Petr	Petry	Petři, Petrové
genitive	Petra	Petrú	Petróv
dative	Petru, Petrovi	Petroma	Petróm
accusative	Petra	Petry	Petry
vocative	Petře	Petry	Petři, Petrové
locative	Petru, Petrovi	Petrú	Petřiech
instrumental	Petrem	Petroma	Petry

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: Petr
• → Old Polish: Piotr, Piotro, Pietr, Pioter, Pieter, Piotyr, Pietyr
  • Polish: Piotr
  • Silesian: Pyjter
  • → Kashubian: Pioter
  • → Slovincian: Pjôter

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Petr”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění