hrdlo

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hrdlo, from Proto-Slavic *gъrdlo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúrˀtlan, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃tlóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦr̩dlo]

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Noun

hrdlo n (diminutive hrdélce or hrdélko or hrdýlko)

1. (anatomy) throat
2. neck, bottleneck

Declension

Declension of hrdlo (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	hrdlo	hrdla
genitive	hrdla	hrdel
dative	hrdlu	hrdlům
accusative	hrdlo	hrdla
vocative	hrdlo	hrdla
locative	hrdle, hrdlu	hrdlech
instrumental	hrdlem	hrdly

Related terms

adjectives

• hrdelní
• hrdlový

nouns

• hrdlička
• hrdlořez

verbs

• hrdlit
• zahrdlit

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúrˀtlan

Proto-Slavic *gъ̀rdlo

Old Czech hrdlo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъ̀rdlo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hrdlo n

1. throat

   jmieti na hrdle ― to have in a throat

   hrdlo dáti/složiti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of hrdlo (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	hrdlo	hrdle	hrdla
genitive	hrdla	hrdlú	hrdel
dative	hrdlu	hrdloma	hrdlóm
accusative	hrdlo	hrdle	hrdla
vocative	hrdlo	hrdle	hrdla
locative	hrdle, hrdlu	hrdlú	hrdléch
instrumental	hrdlem	hrdloma	hrdly

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

Descendants

• Czech: hrdlo

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъrdlo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúrʔtlo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₃tlóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦr̩dlɔ/, [ˈɦr̩dlɔ]
• Rhymes: -r̩dlɔ
• Hyphenation: hrd‧lo

Noun

hrdlo n (diminutive hrdielko or hrdielce)

1. throat (anatomy)
2. neck, bottleneck

Declension

Declension of hrdlo
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	hrdlo	hrdlá
genitive	hrdla	hrdiel
dative	hrdlu	hrdlám
accusative	hrdlo	hrdlá
locative	hrdle	hrdlách
instrumental	hrdlom	hrdlami

Related terms

adjectives

• hrdelný
• hrdlový

nouns

• hrdlička

Further reading

• “hrdlo”, 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