čest

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cest"

Czech

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Czech čest.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    čest f

    1. honor (US), honour (UK) (objectification of praiseworthiness)
      dělat čest / být ke cti někomuto do credit / to be a credit to someone
      urážka na ctislander, defamation

    Declension

    Further reading

    Old Czech

    Etymology

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      čest f

      1. honour
        na svú čest vzieti(please add an English translation of this usage example)
        na čsti utrhatito disgrace
      2. chastity
      3. dignity
      4. fame
      5. office, post
      6. respect
        v/u čsti jmietito respect

      Declension

      • čstný
      • čstíti

      Descendants

      • Czech: čest

      Further reading

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology 1

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stъ (dense, thick), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kimśtas.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /t͡ʃêːst/

      Adjective

      čȇst (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст, definite čȇsti, comparative čȅšćī)

      1. frequent, common
      2. repeated, recurrent
      Declension
      positive indefinite forms
      singular masculine feminine neuter
      nominative čest česta često
      genitive česta česte česta
      dative čestu čestoj čestu
      accusative inanimate
      animate
      čest
      česta
      čestu često
      vocative čest česta često
      locative čestu čestoj čestu
      instrumental čestim čestom čestim
      plural masculine feminine neuter
      nominative česti česte česta
      genitive čestih čestih čestih
      dative čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      accusative česte česte česta
      vocative česti česte česta
      locative čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      instrumental čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      positive definite forms
      singular masculine feminine neuter
      nominative česti česta često
      genitive čestog(a) česte čestog(a)
      dative čestom(u/e) čestoj čestom(u/e)
      accusative inanimate
      animate
      česti
      čestog(a)
      čestu često
      vocative česti česta često
      locative čestom(e/u) čestoj čestom(e/u)
      instrumental čestim čestom čestim
      plural masculine feminine neuter
      nominative česti česte česta
      genitive čestih čestih čestih
      dative čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      accusative česte česte česta
      vocative česti česte česta
      locative čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      instrumental čestim(a) čestim(a) čestim(a)
      comparative forms
      singular masculine feminine neuter
      nominative češći češća češće
      genitive češćeg(a) češće češćeg(a)
      dative češćem(u) češćoj češćem(u)
      accusative inanimate
      animate
      češći
      češćeg(a)
      češću češće
      vocative češći češća češće
      locative češćem(u) češćoj češćem(u)
      instrumental češćim češćom češćim
      plural masculine feminine neuter
      nominative češći češće češća
      genitive češćih češćih češćih
      dative češćim(a) češćim(a) češćim(a)
      accusative češće češće češća
      vocative češći češće češća
      locative češćim(a) češćim(a) češćim(a)
      instrumental češćim(a) češćim(a) češćim(a)
      superlative forms
      singular masculine feminine neuter
      nominative najčešći najčešća najčešće
      genitive najčešćeg(a) najčešće najčešćeg(a)
      dative najčešćem(u) najčešćoj najčešćem(u)
      accusative inanimate
      animate
      najčešći
      najčešćeg(a)
      najčešću najčešće
      vocative najčešći najčešća najčešće
      locative najčešćem(u) najčešćoj najčešćem(u)
      instrumental najčešćim najčešćom najčešćim
      plural masculine feminine neuter
      nominative najčešći najčešće najčešća
      genitive najčešćih najčešćih najčešćih
      dative najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a)
      accusative najčešće najčešće najčešća
      vocative najčešći najčešće najčešća
      locative najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a)
      instrumental najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a) najčešćim(a)

      Further reading

      • čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Etymology 2

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čę̑stь.

      Noun

      čȇst f (Cyrillic spelling че̑ст)

      1. (archaic) part, piece

      Further reading

      • čest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Etymology 3

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь.

      Noun

      čest f (Cyrillic spelling чест)

      1. obsolete form of čast
      2. (archaic) luck, happiness