brzda

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda (“bridle, horse bit”), further origin uncertain: perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos, but a complicated Slavic etymology has also been proposed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbr̩zda]

• Audio:

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Noun

brzda f

1. brake (device in a vehicle)

Declension

Declension of brzda (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	brzda	brzdy
genitive	brzdy	brzd
dative	brzdě	brzdám
accusative	brzdu	brzdy
vocative	brzdo	brzdy
locative	brzdě	brzdách
instrumental	brzdou	brzdami

Related terms

• brzdit
• brzdný

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br̩zda/, [ˈbr̩zda]
• Rhymes: -r̩zda
• Hyphenation: brz‧da

Noun

brzda f (relational adjective brzdový or brzdný)

1. brake (device in a vehicle)
2. chaser

Declension

Declension of brzda
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	brzda	brzdy
genitive	brzdy	bŕzd
dative	brzde	brzdám
accusative	brzdu	brzdy
locative	brzde	brzdách
instrumental	brzdou	brzdami

Related terms

• brzdár
• brzdiť

Further reading

• “brzda”, 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, 2003–2026