pštros

See also: Pštros

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pštros / štros, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʃtros]
• Hyphenation: pštros

Noun

pštros m anim (relational adjective pštrosí)

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of pštros (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosi
genitive	pštrosa	pštrosů
dative	pštrosovi, pštrosu	pštrosům
accusative	pštrosa	pštrosy
vocative	pštrose	pštrosi
locative	pštrosovi, pštrosu	pštrosech
instrumental	pštrosem	pštrosy

Derived terms

• pštrosí

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pstrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pštros m animal

1. alternative form of štros

Declension

Declension of pštros (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosy	pštrosi, pštrosové
genitive	pštrosa, pštrosu	pštrosú	pštrosóv
dative	pštrosu, pštrosovi	pštrosoma	pštrosóm
accusative	pštros, pštrosa	pštrosy	pštrosy
vocative	pštrose	pštrosy	pštrosi, pštrosové
locative	pštrosě, pštrosu, pštrosovi	pštrosú	pštrosiech
instrumental	pštrosem	pštrosoma	pštrosy

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

Descendants

• Czech: pštros

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʃtrɔs]

Noun

pštros m animal (relational adjective pštrosí)

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of pštros
(patterns chlap (singular) and dub (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosy
genitive	pštrosa	pštrosov
dative	pštrosovi	pštrosom
accusative	pštrosa	pštrosy
locative	pštrosovi	pštrosoch
instrumental	pštrosom	pštrosmi

Further reading

• “pštros”, 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