pěkný

See also: pekný

Czech

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic *pěkrъ (cognate with Latin pulcher (“beautiful”); compare also Old Church Slavonic пѣгъ (pěgŭ)). Or cognate with Old High German fēh, Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “multicoloured”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pjɛkniː/

Adjective

pěkný (comparative pěknější, superlative nejpěknější)

1. nice
2. pretty

Declension

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Synonyms

• hezký; see also krásný

Related terms

• pěkně

Further reading

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