zástava

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaːstava]

Deverbal from zastavit.

zástava f

1. collateral (pledged for the repayment of a loan)

   Synonym: kolaterál

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian zastava. First attested in the 19th century.

zástava f

1. (literary) flag

• “zástava”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “zástava”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “zástava”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Deverbal from zastaviť (“to pawn, to stop, to block”).

The meaning “flag” was originally derived from a banner on a pole that was set up or planted in the ground (reflecting the sense of zastaviť (“to place, to set up”)), particularly within military camps.^[1]

zástava f (diminutive zástavka)

1. barrier, bar, obstacle (a physical obstruction or a fastening device)
2. (medicine) stoppage, cessation, interruption (the stopping of a natural flow or a process)
3. flag, banner, standard, sign (a piece of cloth used as a symbol of a community, state, or office)
4. protection, aegis (the state of being under the authority or care of someone)
5. (law, Bohemism) pledge, pawn, security, collateral (an item or property given as a legal guarantee for a debt)
6. (military) unit, troop, company (a military detachment grouped under a single banner)

• Slovak: zástava

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

Inherited from Old Slovak zástava (“banner, protection, pledge”). By surface analysis, deverbal from zastaviť.

• IPA^(key): /zaːstava/, [ˈzaːstaʋa]
• Rhymes: -ava
• Hyphenation: zá‧sta‧va

zástava f (relational adjective zástavový, diminutive zástavka)

1. flag, banner, ensign (a piece of cloth with a specific design used as a symbol of a state, organization, or community)

   Synonyms: vlajka, štandarda, (colloquial) fangľa

   Na budove parlamentu dnes visí smútočná čierna zástava. ― A black funeral flag is hanging on the parliament building today.

• “zástava”, 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