pohan

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pohan, from late Common Slavic, borrowed from Medieval Latin pāgānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦan]

Noun

pohan m anim (female equivalent pohanka)

1. pagan
2. Gentile

Declension

Declension of pohan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pohan	pohané, pohani
genitive	pohana	pohanů
dative	pohanovi, pohanu	pohanům
accusative	pohana	pohany
vocative	pohane	pohané, pohani
locative	pohanovi, pohanu	pohanech
instrumental	pohanem	pohany

Derived terms

• pohanský
• pohanství

 

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• pahan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin pāgānus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pohan m pers (feminine pohanka)

1. pagan

Usage notes

• The plural nominative pohané and genitive pohan comes mainly from this noun's being similar to the -ěnín nouns (like měščěnín) although it never contained this suffix.

Declension

Declension of pohan (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pohan	pohany	pohani, pohanové, pohané
genitive	pohana	pohanú	pohanóv, pohan
dative	pohanu, pohanovi	pohanoma	pohanóm
accusative	pohana	pohany	pohany
vocative	pohane	pohany	pohani, pohanové, pohané
locative	pohanu, pohanovi	pohanú	pohaniech
instrumental	pohanem	pohanoma	pohany

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pohan

Further reading

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