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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
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Further reading

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  • ostrý”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • ostrý”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • ostrý”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ostrý (adverb ostro)

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

Declension

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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, 2003–2025