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ostrý

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See also: ostry and Ostrý

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech ostrý, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈostriː]
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Adjective

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ostrý (comparative ostřejší, superlative nejostřejší, adverb ostře)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý
  2. hot (of food and spice)
    Antonym: jemný
  3. (mathematics) strict (of an inequality, such that it rules out the possibility of equality)
    Antonym: neostrý
  4. (geometry) acute (of an angle, having less than 90 degrees)
    Antonym: tupý

Declension

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Declension of ostrý (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative ostrý ostrá ostré
genitive ostrého ostré ostrého
dative ostrému ostré ostrému
accusative ostrého ostrý ostrou ostré
locative ostrém ostré ostrém
instrumental ostrým ostrou ostrým
plural
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative ostří ostré ostrá
genitive ostrých
dative ostrým
accusative ostré ostrá
locative ostrých
instrumental ostrými, ostrýma1

1This form is used when describing dual nouns, e.g. očima, rukama.

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adverb

Further reading

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔstriː/, [ˈɔstriː]
  • Rhymes: -ɔstriː
  • Hyphenation: os‧trý

Adjective

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ostrý (adverb ostro)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý

Declension

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Declension of ostrý (hard-long)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
animate inanimate
nominative ostrý ostrá ostré
genitive ostrého ostrej ostrého
dative ostrému ostrej ostrému
accusative ostrého ostrý ostrú ostré
locative ostrom ostrej ostrom
instrumental ostrým ostrou ostrým
plural
masculine feminine/neuter
virile nonvirile
nominative ostrí ostré
genitive ostrých
dative ostrým
accusative ostrých ostré
locative ostrých
instrumental ostrými

Further reading

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  • ostrý”, 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