obec

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Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech obec, from Proto-Slavic *obьťь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈobɛt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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obec f

  1. municipality, village, locality, community

Declension

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Declension of obec (soft zero-ending feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative obec obce
genitive obce obcí
dative obci obcím
accusative obec obce
vocative obci obce
locative obci obcích
instrumental obcí obcemi

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • obec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • obec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • obec in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obьťь.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈobɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈobɛt͡s/

Noun

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obec f

  1. community (society of people living together in a certain territory)
    1. community of the same religious faith, especially a Christian one
  2. common people, laity (as opposed to people)
  3. estate (layers of the population participating in power in a feudal state)
  4. municipal assembly (collective of people settled in the village and participating in its self-administration)
  5. Hussite military-power group (revolutionary attempt to create Hussite state power)
  6. (in translations of Latin) state, empire
  7. municipality (territorial district of the municipal)
  8. common property belonging to everyone

Declension

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Declension of obec (soft a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative obec obci obcě
genitive obcě obcú obcí
dative obci obcěma obciem
accusative obcu obci obcě
vocative obce obci obcě
locative obci obcú obcích
instrumental obcú obcěma obcěmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Declension of obec (i-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative obec obci obci
genitive obci obcú obcí
dative obci obecma obcem
accusative obec obci obci
vocative obci obci obci
locative obci obcú obcech
instrumental obcú obecma obecmi
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

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  • Czech: obec
  • → Old Polish: obec

References

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Czech obec. Doublet of obiec, an inherited form. First attested in 1439.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔbɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔbɛt͡s/

Noun

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obec f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) a vestigial institution of land law consisting in appointing in customary cases, e.g. when nobility is reprimanded, a group of witnesses with an unblemished reputation, long settled in a given area
    Synonym: obiec
    • 1878-1889 [1439], Archiwum Komisji Historycznej‎[1], volume III, Greater Poland, page 343:
      Nobilis Andreas produxit... duos nobiles... post patrem, item produxit nobilem Petrum... et Martinum... post matrem, item produxit duos tercios... de communibus al. s obcze... Iurauerunt primi et sequentes..., quod... Andreas... est nobilis
      [Nobilis Andreas produxit... duos nobiles... post patrem, item produxit nobilem Petrum... et Martinum... post matrem, item produxit duos tercios... de communibus al. z obce... Iurauerunt primi et sequentes..., quod... Andreas... est nobilis]

Descendants

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References

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Old Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obьťь.

Noun

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obec f

  1. a trade, labour, interest, religious or animal community, society
  2. the common people (the lower social classe)
  3. broader committee of town, village or guild self-government; elected board of directors
  4. territorial area of urban or village self-government
  5. a village (the smallest economic-administrative unit)
  6. empire, state
  7. common property (which belongs to all)
  8. the whole

Derived terms

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adjectives
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nouns

Descendants

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References

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  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “obec”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish obec. Displaced and doublet of obiec, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obec f

  1. (obsolete) community; group; gathering
    Synonym: (Middle Polish) obiec

Declension

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Declension of obec
singular plural
nominative obec obcy
genitive obcy obcy
dative obcy obcom
accusative obec obcy
instrumental obcą obcami
locative obcy obcach
vocative obcy obcy

Derived terms

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preposition
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adjecetive
adverb
noun

Further reading

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Slovak obec.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obec f

  1. municipality

Declension

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Declension of obec
singular plural
nominative obec obce
genitive obce obcí
dative obci obciam
accusative obec obce
locative obci obciach
instrumental obcou obcami

Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Further reading

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  • “obec”, 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, 2024
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