žid

See also: Appendix:Variations of "zid"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Sense 2 comes from the stereotype of Jews as being stingy or greedy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪt]

Noun

žid m anim (female equivalent židovka)

  1. Jew (by religion)
  2. (figuratively, offensive, dated) miser, scrooge

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

žid m pers

  1. Jew (by religion)

Declension

Declension of žid
singular plural
nominative žid židovia
genitive žida židov
dative židovi židom
accusative žida židov
locative židovi židoch
instrumental židom židmi

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • žid”, 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, 2003–2026