svůj
Appearance
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech svój, from Proto-Slavic *svojь, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyos, from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]svůj m
- one's own; belonging to the subject, of the subject, or related to the subject; reflexive possessive pronoun; thus rendered as possessive pronouns including my, your, his, her, our, their, depending on the subject
- Vidím svého otce. ― I see my father.
- Alena se loučí se svými sestrami. ― Alice says goodbye to her sisters.
- Matky obvykle milují své děti. ― Mothers usually love their children.
Declension
[edit]| singular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | svůj | svá, svoje | své, svoje | |
| genitive | svého | své, svojí | svého | |
| dative | svému | své, svojí | svému | |
| accusative | svého | svůj | svou, svoji | své, svoje |
| locative | svém | své, svojí | svém | |
| instrumental | svým | svou, svojí | svým | |
| plural | ||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| animate | inanimate | |||
| nominative | sví, svoji | své, svoje | svá, svoje | |
| genitive | svých | |||
| dative | svým | |||
| accusative | své, svoje | svá, svoje | ||
| locative | svých | |||
| instrumental | svými | |||
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “svůj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “svůj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “svůj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
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