heslo

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech heslo (“rank; (conditional) sign; monument”), from Proto-Slavic *gъslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛslo]
• Hyphenation: he‧s‧lo

Noun

heslo n

1. password
2. headword
3. motto, slogan
4. entry (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia)

Declension

Declension of heslo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	heslo	hesla
genitive	hesla	hesel
dative	heslu	heslům
accusative	heslo	hesla
vocative	heslo	hesla
locative	heslu, hesle	heslech
instrumental	heslem	hesly

Derived terms

• heslář
• heslový

 

Further reading

• heslo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• heslo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech heslo, from Proto-Slavic *gъslo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦeslɔ]

Noun

heslo n (genitive singular hesla, nominative plural heslá, genitive plural hesiel, declension pattern of mesto)

1. password
2. headword
3. motto, slogan
4. entry (article in a dictionary or encyclopedia)

Declension

Declension of heslo

	singular	plural
nominative	heslo	heslá
genitive	hesla	hesiel
dative	heslu	heslám
accusative	heslo	heslá
locative	hesle	heslách
instrumental	heslom	heslami

Further reading

• “heslo”, 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, 2023